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News — francophone culture

Cajun ouroboros

• bayou life • cajun • cajun conjure • francophone culture • haphazard station

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Erzulie Freda as equilibrist

• african diasporic religion • erzulie freda • folk religion • francophone culture • haiti • religion • social commentary • transpossession • vodou

While I will probably never stop making a little face when anybody refers to the lwa of Vodou as β€œgods” and β€œgoddesses,” this is nonetheless a pretty decent little bite-sized article touching on some aspects of Freda’s expressions of femininity. Β  Nwokocha, Eziaku Atuama. β€œAn Equilibrist Vodou Goddess.” Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 31:3-4 (Summer/Autumn 2013). Harvard Divinity School. Accessed 7 Feb. 2021.

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recent reading roundup: poison, atchafalaya ethnology, faith healing in Louisiana

• alec sonnier • anthropology • archaeology • atchafalaya basin • bayou life • cajun • creole • ethnic identities • ethnology • faith healing • folk belief • folk magic • folk medicine • folk religion • folklore • francophone culture • gens de couleur libre • iberia • immigration • julia swett • louisiana • louisiana folklife • lower mississippi valley • native american • plaquemine culture • point coupee • poisons • prayer • religion • slavery • southern catholicism • st. landry parish • superstitions • traiteurs

[Remember, this blog here at the shop address is a mirror / backup of the real Seraphin Station blog here. Visit there to comment, ask questions, get responses, interact with others, see useful and interesting links and resources, and/or read all the blog posts, not just the highlights I repost here.] photo credit jclk8888, Pixabay I don't have time to summarize anything right now, but I'm hoping if I leave this here, it'll spur me to do so later. James H. Diaz. Atlas of Human Poisoning and Envenoming, 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014. Hilda Roberts. "Louisiana Superstitions." Journal...

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