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单词 vodun
释义 vodun|ˈvəʊduːn|
Also vodu.
[ad. W. Afr. (Dahomey) vodu (see quot. 1890).]
A fetish, usu. one connected with the snake-worship and other rites practised first in Dahomey, then introduced by slaves esp. to Haiti and Louisiana. Also attrib. and Comb., esp. in vodunhwe, -kwe, fetish-house. Cf. voodoo.
1874J. A. Skertchy Dahomey as it Is iii. 54 The name is derived from Danh, a snake, and Hweh, a residence. It is sometimes called Vodun-hweh, i.e., the fetiche house.Ibid. vii. 154 This shrine is the Vodun-no-Demen, or fetiche-house of Demen.1890A. B. Ellis Ewe-Speaking Peoples ii. 29 The term võdu..is still used..in the so⁓called Vaudoo, or Vaudoux worship of the negroes of Hayti..where the old python culte of Whydah still survives.Ibid., Võdu appears to be derived from (to be afraid), or from (harmful).1920Encycl. Relig. & Ethics XI. 400/2 The Voodoo serpent-cult in Haiti and elsewhere reproduces these W. African cults, one of the names of Dañh-sio being Vodunhwe.1953Caribbean Q. III. i. 39 The compound began with one house..a chapel or vodunkwe (house of the gods), and a tent.1956M. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) ii. 20 A photograph by Earl Leaf of a Haitian vodun altar.1963[see obeah 2].1973E. Bullins Theme is Blackness 9 Black..vodun ritual-ceremony.1985Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Jan. 28/3 It is fashionable at present to argue that such African legacies as Santeria, Shango, Vodun or Camboulay provide a more promising basis for a Caribbean identity than imported European religions.
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