: ''In the
West African Vodun religion, Sobo (alternative name: Grande Sobo) is a soldier-
loa
( ), also called loa or loi, are spirits in the African diasporic religion of Haitian Vodou. They have also been incorporated into some revivalist forms of Louisiana Voodoo. Many of the lwa derive their identities in part from deities venerate ...
who rules over thunder.
Sobo is a spirit or
loa
( ), also called loa or loi, are spirits in the African diasporic religion of Haitian Vodou. They have also been incorporated into some revivalist forms of Louisiana Voodoo. Many of the lwa derive their identities in part from deities venerate ...
in
Haitian Vodou
Haitian Vodou is an African diasporic religion that developed in Haiti between the 16th and 19th centuries. It arose through a process of syncretism between several traditional religions of West and Central Africa and Roman Catholicism. There is ...
. He is the loa of thunder and is always depicted and served with his inseparable companion/brother
Bade, who is the loa of wind. Together they are represented by the
Catholic image of
Saints Cosmas and Damian
Cosmas and Damian ( ar, قُزما ودميان, translit=Qozma wa Demyaan; grc-gre, Κοσμᾶς καὶ Δαμιανός, translit=Kosmás kai Damianós; la, Cosmas et Damianus; AD) were two Arab physicians in the town Cyrrhus, and were r ...
. He is probably
West African in origin and a flaming ram is his symbol.
[Torres, Rafael Agustí. "Loas y Vèvès del Vudú", p. 39 (in Spanish)]
References
Haitian Vodou gods
Thunder gods
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