Damballah wedo king kessy11/23/2023 ![]() A white sheet is laid down for him, and another waved over him to fan and cool him. When a serviteur is believed to be possessed by Damballa during a ceremony, he or she moves on the floor like a serpent. His very presence brings peace, and he represents a continuum which is "at once the ancient past and the assurance of the future." As a serpent, and due to his extreme age, he does not speak, but may whistle or make a soft, hissing sound. Damballa is seen as benevolent and patient, wise and kind, yet detached and removed from the trials and tribulations of daily, human life. Damballa is usually syncretized with either Saint Patrick or Moses. As a serpent, he moves between land and water, generating life, and through the earth, uniting the land with the waters below. By shedding the serpent skin, Damballa created all the waters on the earth. In others, being the first thing created by God, creation was undertaken through him. In those Vodou societies that view Damballa as the primordial creator, he created the cosmos by using his 7,000 coils to form the stars and the planets in the heavens and to shape the hills and valleys on earth. Damballa is said to be the Sky Father and the primordial creator of all life, or the first thing created by Gran Met. He is traditionally portrayed as a great white serpent, originating in the city of Wedo (Whydah or Ouidah) in modern-day Benin.
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