Haitian Vodou
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Haitian Vodou is a syncretic Afro-Caribbean religion from Haiti that blends West and Central African spiritual traditions with Roman Catholicism and indigenous beliefs, centered on the worship of spirits called lwa.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T458134 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Haitian Vodou Context triple: [Afro-Caribbean religions, includes, Haitian Vodou]
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A.
Santería
Santería is a syncretic Afro-Caribbean religion that blends Yoruba spiritual traditions with elements of Roman Catholicism and indigenous beliefs, centered on the worship of orishas through rituals, divination, and offerings.
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B.
Afro-Caribbean religions
Afro-Caribbean religions are a diverse group of syncretic spiritual traditions in the Caribbean that blend West and Central African beliefs with Christianity and Indigenous influences.
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Obeah
Obeah is a system of Afro-Caribbean spiritual and magical practices rooted in West African traditions, often associated with healing, protection, and resistance to colonial oppression.
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D.
Shango
Shango is a major Yoruba orisha revered as the powerful god of thunder, lightning, and justice, often associated with kingship and drumming.
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E.
Vietnamese folk religion
Vietnamese folk religion is a syncretic system of indigenous spiritual beliefs and practices in Vietnam, blending ancestor worship, village deities, and elements of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Haitian Vodou Target entity description: Haitian Vodou is a syncretic Afro-Caribbean religion from Haiti that blends West and Central African spiritual traditions with Roman Catholicism and indigenous beliefs, centered on the worship of spirits called lwa.
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A.
Santería
Santería is a syncretic Afro-Caribbean religion that blends Yoruba spiritual traditions with elements of Roman Catholicism and indigenous beliefs, centered on the worship of orishas through rituals, divination, and offerings.
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B.
Afro-Caribbean religions
Afro-Caribbean religions are a diverse group of syncretic spiritual traditions in the Caribbean that blend West and Central African beliefs with Christianity and Indigenous influences.
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C.
Obeah
Obeah is a system of Afro-Caribbean spiritual and magical practices rooted in West African traditions, often associated with healing, protection, and resistance to colonial oppression.
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D.
Shango
Shango is a major Yoruba orisha revered as the powerful god of thunder, lightning, and justice, often associated with kingship and drumming.
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E.
Vietnamese folk religion
Vietnamese folk religion is a syncretic system of indigenous spiritual beliefs and practices in Vietnam, blending ancestor worship, village deities, and elements of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African diasporic religion
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Afro-Caribbean religion ⓘ syncretic religion ⓘ |
| associatedWithPractice |
divination
ⓘ
healing rituals ⓘ protection magic ⓘ |
| associatedWithSymbol | crossroads ⓘ |
| BondyeRole | distant supreme creator ⓘ |
| coreBelief | veneration of spirits called lwa ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Haiti ⓘ |
| hasConcept | met tet ⓘ |
| hasEthicalFocus | maintenance of balance with spirits and community ⓘ |
| hasFestival |
Fèt Gede
ⓘ
Saut-d’Eau pilgrimage ⓘ |
| hasOriginIn |
Central African religious traditions
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ West African religious traditions ⓘ indigenous Caribbean beliefs ⓘ |
| hasPantheonDivision |
Gede lwa
ⓘ
Petro lwa ⓘ Rada lwa ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfWorship | ounfò ⓘ |
| hasRitualElement |
animal sacrifice
ⓘ
dance ⓘ drumming ⓘ offerings of food and drink ⓘ song ⓘ spirit possession ⓘ veve drawings ⓘ |
| hasRitualSpecialist |
bokor
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manbo ⓘ oungan ⓘ |
| hasSacredObject | poto mitan ⓘ |
| hasSacredTextForm | oral tradition ⓘ |
| historicalRole | inspiration in the Haitian Revolution ⓘ |
| importantLwa |
Ayizan
ⓘ
Baron Samedi ⓘ Damballa ⓘ Erzulie Freda ⓘ Gede Nibo ⓘ Ogun ⓘ
surface form:
Ogou
Elegguá ⓘ
surface form:
Papa Legba
|
| intermediarySpirits | lwa ⓘ |
| majorDeityConcept | Bondye ⓘ |
| metTetDefinition | patron lwa of an individual ⓘ |
| misrepresentedAs | black magic in popular media ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Haitian state as part of national culture ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Caribbean ⓘ |
| usesLanguage |
French
ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Haitian Vodou Description of subject: Haitian Vodou is a syncretic Afro-Caribbean religion from Haiti that blends West and Central African spiritual traditions with Roman Catholicism and indigenous beliefs, centered on the worship of spirits called lwa.
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Vodou
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