Tenma wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2018 11:06 pm
Dahomey of West Africa did human sacrifices, but for kings and queens' funerals, not for some black magic. Also, Vodun originates from West Africa by slaves who then mixed it with Christianity in order to keep their African customs(African gods disguised as saints, Erzuli becoming Black Virgin Mary). So yes, West Africa did human sacrifice, but not in a Western sense nor for spirits, but rather for funerals. Same with Zulus of South Africa(we saw what happened with many cows and humans when Shaka Zulu's mom died...). Even Egyptians practiced human sacrifices(or at least earlier times for dead pharaohs until around late Old and early Middle Kingdom). Vodun is simply an effort to protect African traditions. Not some black magic belief to kill someone or whatever.
I'll ask my aunt about that she is close to Mama Zogbe who is head mamaissii of the amenganaise and mami wata line. I have never heard about human sacrafice in afa vodoun
Also I'm sure vodoun originated millenniums before the slave trade. The diaspora did synchronize though. As seen here they did synchronize dattatreya, there are also very curious buddha statues withing the shrines. Actually i'm not sure how this relates to the original topic at all, i'm totally