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Damballa is seen as benevolent and patient, wise and kind, yet detached and removed from the trials and tribulations of daily human life. His presence brings peace and represents a continuum, "at once the ancient past and the assurance of the future." As a serpent, and due to his extreme age, he does
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When a serviteur is believed to be possessed by
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features an unscrupulous jazz musician (Roy Castle) appropriating ritual music of a
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557:Leah Gordon
313:in episode
251:Nina Simone
200:Ayida-Weddo
170:syncretized
1080:Snake gods
1064:Categories
907:Spirituals
401:References
379:Witchcraft
334:Extralarge
162:primordial
158:sky father
132:and other
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768:Quimbanda
684:Candomblé
650:Religions
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271:Damballah
152:Mythology
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887:Mojo bag
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160:and the
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