This study was undertaken to provide researchers, and religious of all African events, a small collection of teaching, research, and basic information about the cosmogony Vodoun and divination called FA Old Kingdom of Dahomey, now centralized in the Popular Republic of Benin, but also extended over the territories of Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Somalia and other African countries. It is not yet known exactly what caused this cultural system expansion F divination, original culture of the Old Kingdom of Dahomey or Daxom, for different countries or neighboring villages in antiquity. Researchers in the same Benin say it was due to the territorial expansion of the Grand Empire, while others assign it to migration. Currently it is known as FA in Benin, but we know that in Togo and Ghana many Bokonon is also called AFA and in Nigeria is known as IFA, changing or varying sometimes the system and liturgical or secret structures of priests, but starting all variants of "one common origin" or matrix. In this book discuss the variant that involves us directly, first because that exposes these investigations is Priest of the Vodoun-F Culture, or as we say "Bokonon of F" plus investigator of all cultural manifestations of America and ethnicities who emigrated in the era of slavery, but especially the thought that "nonexistent or forgotten" culture Dahomedano rich West African culture or Fon -gb, or as he is better known in America, named of: "VOODOO-Vodoun-Voodoo", which in reality and its African or original matrix takes the name of Vodoun-fa, because the FA in America also believed nonexistent or forgotten, even lost, because of the enthronement of Yoruba Ifa and Orisa your system. Thus in America simply is known of the culture Dahomedana part of its "cosmogony Vodoun", feeling full or partial absence of "geomancy F" or system of divination in the Fon-Gbe culture.

This fact transculturalizacin or deformation of the original system of Dahomey (Vodoun-F) made slaves of ethnic dahomedanas brought to Haiti, the United States, Brazil and Cuba, denominated Vodoun their cults and even F, with the name of "VOODOO". Perhaps the phonetic deformation of Haiti this made are denominated as well, and in the vast majority of dahomedanas ethnic groups in the island. We will see throughout this research came F and his priests Bokonos also to America (Haiti-Cuba) and this is the most researched by us in this work we present to you, and possible causes of the "disappearance" or "transformation" when mixed with the Yoruba ethnic group in America. Talk about "Conquest of Ifa Yoruba in America", not as a pejorative or ritualistic supremacy over other ethnic definition and even dahomedanas Nkissis, no offense to exalt ethnic rivalries, but with complete accuracy and objectivity of facts, and shapes our investigations found the merger of both geomantic: "FA / IFA". We must remember that both FA and IFA have a common origin, and we can not confront subjectivity opinions about who was the first FA in West Africa. We must always keep in mind that both have almost the same age on the continent, so we just limit this paper to present you personally conducted research in Dahomey and also some authors who investigated the phenomenon of these events for many years and which undoubtedly also deserve mention for their scientific content. Clearly we talk about academics from their perspective knew compile historical details in an organized, although sometimes not faithfully reproduce an explanation or more concrete vision, which however takes another enthusiastically if made by Priests of ethnicity with direct access to other knowledge that an scientist can not reach. Thus, the investigation of a Priest of these manifestations (Vodoun-F) you would in a deeper sense without forgetting the traditional mystical or ethnicity in question, whichever know that a priest Vodoun -Fa is an advocate of their secrets and religious liturgy from historical times, seeing that until maintained tribal wars for this specific event, for the defense of their tradition and culture. He never could reveal other data but is even or priests like him, never a scientist who does not belong to their traditions; otherwise, it will subjectively to honor their oaths to their tradition and their Vodoun. Thus Vodoun-F always kept much secrecy about its mysteries, worship, cosmogony and geomancy F, in Africa (Dahomey) and America where it is established in diasporas. And this single event of secrecy will be an issue to investigate, as it surely was one of the strongest causes deformation and innovation system or melting and subsequent adoption of another ethnicity and their descendants priests in America, where he takes his great epicenter in the Caribbean.

Science research is an auxiliary very objective, because it brings real historical data, but us away from the natural view of Belief of these African traditions or spiritual essence so steeped in magic and peculiar visions that make individually each area or village that investigates and so characteristic that does not deserve to be dismissed. Our work may not be based on relevant historical data, or disclose secrets of initiations or rituals that must respect the Priest by oath to his ancestor or Djot, but sure this book will be very useful to the Priests of these African ethnic groups still investigated individually, because they see similarities, because they see that in many rituals FA and IFA are equivalences, and have even seen that in places they first arrived these forms of worship or African Traditional religion, have lost data rituals and dialectical structures, and have been retrofitted to the place, turning often in new or derived branches, which are undoubtedly continuity of an African Matrix, but often difficult to "identify their origin" because of the suffering transculturizalizacin with passage of time. We saw many priests, that this phenomenon occurred in Latin and gave birth to new more typical white American country where they arrived cultural events, and so far from his black matrix or African origin, who have even lost substantive connection with its own rituals and cultural identity traits that make them individual and differentiate between each other. Today in America this cultural phenomenon is what many call the "diaspora".

These mixtures of an ethnic group with other clearly speak of the existence of these peoples and their legacy in America, which drew parallels between the deities, including liturgies, between dialects, which gave certain forms a "supremacy" to a single ethnic group, Yorub being amalgamated and who adopted Dahomedana structures and also the Bakonga. We know an identifiable reason why or "fusion" that led to the "overlap" of one culture over another "; do not know if the African slave tried hide their beliefs in their African brothers to establish a pattern unique cultural and American, do not know if the slave believed to have one God (Church) and owner of all religious or spiritual systems tried a "fusion of cultures" imitating the culture of the Western Catholic when he created the "syncretism" ; this will remain a big question mark for many priests of these three cultures (Vodoun-F, Ifa-Orisa, Bakongo) perhaps with the investigation of many in subsequent generations, may yield new insights or answers in the wide range of ancestralidades that exists today and live in America. We know that many priests of different ethnicities in America (Cuba, Haiti, USA, Brazil, Rio de la Plata) did great research and great works edited by anthropologists, ethnologists and historians, even with professors from France and England, but like all research, always leave room for new doors for knowledge, as is the reason why in America never investigated the existence or nonexistence of Vodoun and F dahomedanos as a separate Yoruba culture and system divination very old and so important and renowned in West Africa, contain in their cosmogony Fa geomancy. For this reason and for the dissemination of Our Race of Dahomey, is that today we make our contribution to research and unified views of other serious priests of Benin-Abomey, to clarify various topics that were never analyzed in Latin knowledge, knowing that both Cuba and Brazil coexist with diverse ethnicities of origin Dahomedano, and perhaps, was one of the first ethnic groups spread throughout America and gave birth even large "diaspora", thus obtaining a very new culture of each American country where he was introduced to reach slavery by different American ports. We say perhaps because it is not something that has been studied in depth, but where there are indications and demonstrable facts that speak clearly of this fact, only by the use of dialects of Dahomey (Fon-Gbe. Mina, Ashanti, Mahi, ..) which was adopted and speak in their rituals to the Ifa of Cuba, Candombl in Brazil, in the Haitian Vudu in the diaspora Rioplatense, which are used even today many words of literal translation only the Fon-Gbe, we only analyze deeply experienced and heard that vary from country to country changes "local phonetic" or by forms of writing for "used phonetic", but in this fact that is so real, and remained through hundreds years, from the 1700s in America, gives us a very concrete, objective and accurate test, which speaks clearly of a majority ethnic group in America, and that was the Dahomedana, along with Kongos - Bakongo come from the current Angola and explains the fact only real vestige of "use of dialect". It is the main objective of the present work comparing words in depth or a more scientific way of dialectical relations in this paper will now only as an example the popular word in these ethnic groups: "I roasted" in Yoruba, "Atch" in Fon-Gbe, we will see that in Cuba pronounce it phonetically "Ach" just as pronounced in Abomey the word "Atch" ... We see a chance? In Brazil it is exactly the same as in Cuba, we see another chance? As in this word we see a "chance" we will see in other words which are used only indoors dedicated to the worship of their gods, in prayers, in Yoruba apatakines, with variations always a "letter" in every word, but consistent and repetitive that will only lead to a single literal translation "only the dialect used in Dahomey, Fon or GbE or Ew". The objective fact is that we see that these words "should not be used in races that are not dahomedanas" it should use its own dialect without adopting words of another ethnicity, and pronounce it in its original phonetic, not the phonetic form of ethnic dahomedana or dialects that made up the former Kingdom of Dahomey. This timely "the Fon-Gbe dialectic" is the silent witness of the majority diffusion was in America at the beginning or the arrival of the first slaves prior to the Yoruba, and mostly ethno, is the faithful witness also its merger to almost disappear as an independent matrix Culture, and its deformation at both liturgies Vodoun with Orisa Yoruba and Nkissis Bakongo and in its F fusing to the Yoruba Ifa creating referrals or diaspora that currently see in Brazil , Cuba, USA, Haiti, Rio de la Plata. Another clear example is repeated in Cuba and Brazil during ceremonies dedicated to Ebo, when the priest sings and makes a specific ritual many times to Legba (Vodoun) or Esu (Orissa) so the priest sings: "Sarayeye eb kunl" (supposedly the Cuban believes singing in Yoruba), in Brazil it is the same and "in the same ritual" (Legba or Eshu or Elegbara) there we see very clearly in some words, almost phonetic deformation or Cuba or Brazil: "Sarah-yey"; if we investigate will be "Sarah" (ritual slaughter) "Yeye" (new), there we see clearly what until now a word Yoruba thought, was very clearly GbE or Ew, even mixed with the Fon dialect, even older that the dialect "actual Fon of Benin" if still investigating see that, "Sarah-yey (Ewe) will eb (Yoruba) were almost the same as saying" Vo "in Fon, and that the next word" Kunl "clearly mean "Kono" which is great ceremony (with sacrifice of animals), when you do not have an exact literal translation similarity is, in the example we see that most of the phrase is clearly "GBE or Ewe" is why we must make sense to eliminate phonetic distortion or deformation of the sentence. And so we can identify objectively what origin is each culture.

In his ritualistic traces are stored in clear form of ethnicity that often was not what was believed to be, or belong priest or new supporter. Our research is based almost entirely on the rescue of many words and establishing comparative defined with the dialects of ethnic groups, because that's the way it can establish a link with the necessary scientific objectivity that define each investigation on African cultures on the continent and its diaspora in America. Remember and keep in mind that the slaves who were "forced to emigrate" for historical reasons known to all (the slave) had no culture even writing that even their dialects were compiled in Latin in a very rudimentary form and where he prevailed oral preservation or what we now call "oral Tradition", and we see very common until today, in Africa and in America, where the priests of these Traditions only teach at source in this way, which they inherited from their ancestors and is transmitted "reliably" only to their new "Initiates or new priests of their cultures". This single event did not leave any written testimony often or actual document that serves to discover what they desire today researchers of these demonstrations, tests, dates, and credible witnesses, and sometimes not counted as a legend or fable and often as a metaphor, when much makes it difficult to fully each of these ethnicities investigate. This maybe caused much was lost and disappear, or be confused with other dialects of the origins of these African ethnicities. For this reason is that many researchers today, besides being Religious and Priests, spent years dedicated to the study and in-depth analysis, to separate or differentiate, or discover the striking facts as "fusion of ethnic groups in America", which sometimes does not allow new Priests know their "origins or their ancestors", nor know what Tradition belong, which is radical importance and understanding when Started in these cultures as Priest, sometimes as merged with local indigenous cultures as in the case of Haiti, as in Brazil, including Cuba, which suffered a new strain or adoption of local cults of indigenous shamans. These facts which often led to the total or partial deformation of an African ethnic group in America, have happened since the death of the first priests or leaders of these cultures in countries where they kicked off their worship, and the worship of their gods because you are Vodoun, Orisa, Nkissis, perhaps because it was not written materials or books detailing their origins or paths, or rules of their liturgies, or the used dialect was so place was in the main ports of slavery (Brazil-Cuba-Haiti and USA) to the mixture of some ethnic groups with each other, and thus giving the Hegemony of one as was the case of the Yoruba, and by extension believed in all America was the only predominant ethnic group and the error of thinking that was the Mother or the Mother of All. This we see clearly in the merger talk without knowing what was the reason of this phenomenon establishing the creation of new forms of worship sometimes based on clear adoption of deities of other ethnicities as was the case of Vodoun of Dahomey; This event marked a great rivalries confusion and even today in some of diasporas, as we see more clearly in the Cuban Santera (in its variant Arar) and Candombl in Brazil (in its variant Djej or Jej), also in the Voodoo Haitian, that although retained the name of his African roots or origin, was deformed by local rituals and deities of Kongo, to the extent not recognized by many of his own priests who are Dahomedano culture of origin and this is the reason why now called Voodoo-Kongo. Today religious and priests researchers know that is not so much of what is believed more Traditional or preserved through documented bibliography, and even recognized in the cultural field as it was in Cuba, or in Bahia-Brazil, threw new investigations because it was not all as it was written, and that much data compared ethnicities and backgrounds were not as goals and had flaws.

This led a labor of many years, even today continues to investigate new hypotheses, it is surely what explains that many priests had to establish a cultural and narrow with Africa exchange and also had to travel to find new sources and therefore new theories to refuting the established, well to learn from its origin and roots of their own culture, many driven by the sense of research, others carried by the feeling of respect and devotion as the priests saw that written in Latin history on these cultures, their cemeteries, their dialects, and systems including divination, they had great desvirtuaciones, perhaps by the Oral Tradition we always talk about, perhaps by tribal fighting between ethnic groups that have separated as historical enemies, as it is the ethnicity Dahomedana the Yoruba, which is very common to see in West Africa, and even today many dahomedanos sustain a so civilized, so modern and up democratic world, but it is currently focused on the ideal of preserving of their cultural heritage and ancestral traditions such as Vodoun-F or as they call it also "Traditional Medicine". These differences are not absent from historical explanations, which easily penetrate the context of the spirituality of ethnicities, also in poor accessibility to information not provide or scientists who study these phenomena African demonstrations across America, we see then interfering to the present ethnic instances, wars between nations based on territorial conquest, but also wars of supremacy by trade, were and are very influential factors in the particular investigation, is what we should know before establishing any comparative removing the parallels also established not only in America but also in Africa due to the conquests of some dynasties over others of his enemies neighbors, to take part of their culture or heritage, which was then added to the existing culture. These striking facts at the sight of a Western White can give us a guideline of what it means for these ethnic groups the value and power given to their belief systems and divination, to the point that their descendants in America continued the legacy or inheritance their ancestors, for spiritual rule, or by blood descent, but the memory of these events was what separated or united ethnicities that even today live a kind of differences and even fanaticism by the struggle of power and hegemony in our continent, and when we speak of powers, material, economic power and social prestige of the Priests who currently acquire an unusual influence is also included. When we speak of deformation or adoption of ritualistic elements of other ethnicities is good to clarify that it is not something that randomly or without checking through extensive research, either orally with old priests in Africa, or priests of these ethnic groups in America more palpable or objective ways, we clearly see that these deformations are when we investigate the origins of certain divinities in America took a very different from their African origin or matrix position, and sometimes misleading names so it is very difficult to decipher its real origin, or literal translation becomes almost impossible.

We see very clearly in the name acquired in America (in Cuban Santera) the figure of Vodoun dahomedano "Legba" who is confused by many priests of the Yoruba ethnic group as the most positive aspect of Orisa Yoruba Esu. Through objective and devoid of religious or ethnic ideal vision, we can see very clearly the deformation through the Cuban Creole phonics, that by naming Legba is replaced: "gb" for "w", a fact that is also common in Dahomey, but never lost his literal transcription of the term which designates the Vodoun Legba, so we read by Cuban aural or by a Creole: "Eleggu" or "Elewa '' or other forms, referring not as it was thought, or many Cuban priests was a Yoruba Orisa, for many hundreds of years, it is very clear that it has some similarity to the word "ESU" believed, it would be to the Yoruba deity to worship should address correspondence or if they are Priests of the Nigerian-Yoruba ethnic group. In this "god" or Vodoun of dahomedano pantheon (Legba), we clearly see then that a "parallelism" is traced, and adoption of a divinity emulndola another god of an ethnic group with different cosmogony and differences even in liturgical concepts and cultural conceptions. This fact also see in other dahomedanas divinities (Vodoun) undergo the same process of adoption or cultural-ethnic deformation in America and that is repeated not only in Cuba but in Brazil and other countries very often. Surely many priests Yorubas, Lukumes or Nagos (appointment of the Yoruba slaves who came to America) not be surprised this fact so controversial, due to the unification today we described, or due to the sustained adoption of one ethnic group over another, or even the need to preserve the cults of these divinities of disappearance, which clearly says that could also be a very treaty made by the priests of the era of what we know of his respect and seriousness and adopted as such by the superiority of "One Race" in an effort to "unify gods" into one large ethnic majority. This is a historical fact highly questionable and subject to a thorough review, including writers have referred to the issue as fact "unimportant" and deserves a special treaty and deeper and truthful research. This fact alone demonstrates customs of Western white man, far from their African matrices in this sense, that of "No cultural preservation of each of the ethnic groups" and opens to endless questions outside gives us countless other responses.

As we know and have explained, the Dahomedanas and Yoruba ethnic groups settled in West Africa a similar schism with the Roman Catholic Greek Orthodoxy in Europe, their cultures, and what brought the current antagonisms and even ethno-cultural wars that continent too. We see this phenomenon in America is not equal to its origins in West Africa. Unless a priest has turned to neighboring Tradition will continue its tradition of worshiping deities only and not adopt another belief system. Therefore prevailed in the pantheon of deities of each ethnicity or their cosmogony, conservation and cultural defense of his views, setting very marked differences in their liturgical systems and even divination or mystical-religious, what we call "system or pantheon divinities "(cosmogony). This schism made intercultural differences grow in West Africa, and we see that this continuity in America by the descendants of those ethnicities, was not maintained as their ancestors in their African matrices, which brought the desvirtuaciones or adoptions we investigate today many Priests and what often becomes a difficult rescue information and years of data collection and lengthy investigations. As we have seen in this specific event, and speaking of divinity "Legba-Esu" only manifested itself in America in both Cuba and Brazil and River Plate where he assumed another name.

We see that in Brazil the same figure is referred to as Legba, but also as Elegbara, another remarkable fact and it deserves a section for investigation and where we see the union of another preposition or word "E" more "Legba" more "Bara". The last two words are sourced Fon-Gbe too, and clearly refer to Vodoun Legba of Dahomedana cosmogony, and even more as important data ritual form of worship is the most similar in Latin to the Vodoun Legba of Dahomey in his way of being made even fetish is identifiable and perfectly then the presence and influence markedly the Vodoun of Dahomey in Brazil in the Djdj diaspora and also in the Ktou Nag ethnicity. Only now quote a review of one of the many examples that suffered the adoption of another ethnicity and thus also the deformation even in their form of worship and took a different path than their real origin in its African matrix. We'll citing other examples in a special chapter, perhaps very controversial for priests or writers of these ethnicities, and surely many will not be shared, but will surely be very good for the true researcher of all these ethnic manifestations in America that seeks answers logical and objective to a maelstrom of questions still unanswered on topics concerning the transculturalizacin of ethnic groups that until now live and worship their ancestors which feel attached to their mystical feeling of continuity and ancestry.

Something as millenarian from the origins of man and the dawn of all mankind since the beginning of civilizations these ethnic groups to rescue him ever imagined such importance today in a world that has lost the value of transcendence, of spirituality and even unknown to this ligation to ancestral origins, is what he deserves from us full respect for having maintained through their so ancient cultures where jealously guard the philosophy and visions of Creation, they are the ones continued the worship of the first divinities who marched in the pantheons and the cradle of the oldest civilizations ... "I give you s e na wa e , e ko w yi, e K di, and Ko v" (Nobody knows what will come tomorrow, the things that happened were away from us).

PARALLEL AND ADOPTION OF AMERICA DIVINITIES VODOUN- Fa "Alodokp without sou noukpun hwsinv without me." The sun can not hide with a finger. (Proverb of F Dahomedano)

Tribute to Dah Atingal of Abomey. As we see today deformations of many deities Vodoun which were absorbed and sometimes adopted by the majority ethnic Yoruba, (in Brazil-Nag and Cuba-Lukum) we also see that this phenomenon of adoption or distortion also appears in another Tradition and Culture very now known in Cuba as the Ifa Criollo, and spread throughout America, USA and Europe; that is where we see the Bokonon Dahomedanos very clearly the influence of "Fa DAHOMEY" or our Geomancy the: F without kikan or F without tinm, not only similar elements of the liturgy of this Ifa practiced on the Caribbean island as color used as identificatorio of your system, perhaps the first visible indication: "green and Yellow" which is identical to the F of Dahomey, which changes and the difference with the traditional Yoruba Nigerian Yoruba Ifa color: "green and brown" which tells us clearly that the Yoruba tradition of the matrix (Yorubaland) was not followed, but as a faithful witness evidence the origin and very marked presence of F of Dahomey. Our research on the influence of F of Dahomey in America and the Caribbean show much evidence that it existed practice and shows that later unified the Yoruba Ifa, who came to Cuba years later. This is a very deep and serious ethnicity of our research, which makes us question the real reasons for the merger in ONE IFA in the care of the Yoruba ethnic group, and perhaps this made them forget the real origin, to believe now that was only initiated by the Yoruba ethnic group, and doubt the great influence of Dahomey and its F since its inception. The remains of geomancy of F in today's culture of Ifa Cuban Criollo speak clearly of elements and gods who are acculturated where it should be their origin or matrix in Yorubaland, being Yoruba Ifa, as we explain objectively or logically Ifa certain divinities of Creole in their names, now preserved literal translation Fon-Gbe although distorted as explained by the local phonetic, not having the Yoruba dialect if it is an entirely original culture of Nigeria.

It is here then where research is enhanced and tested with real testimonies of variation, a culture (dahomedana) was adopted by another (Yoruba) and its known transculturalizacin by fusing elements of an ethnic group and other . Throughout our work we will see these deformations that hid the real root or real origin, and demonstrate that the beginning, in a way which was not held since the arrival of the ethnic groups in the era of slavery. The research that we conducted during years of work shed many hypotheses about the reasons for the "adoption or merger" is not our job to promote critical of an American or transculturalizacin cultural fact of these ethnic groups (Dahomedanas-Yoruba and Nkissis) but try to get objectively and logically to a rescue celebrate "the Union of ethnic Groups" in harmony coexistence, but without forgetting or recognize what belongs to an ethnic group and deities which are of other ethnicities. We very objectively that can be reported through research without generating ethnic wars influenced by religious fanaticism or other less coherent interests that deep research on what has so far not seen in many diasporas of America, but that was always against our eyes, hidden with nicknames, which made it very easy to ignorance and misinformation promoted our ethnic and African cultures and individual cultures. So much so we'll see how the OLOFIN divinity, which is now venerated in the system of Criollo Cuban Yoruba Ifa has a marked influence of F of Dahomey or its F without kikan. If we take the name as a word we will not have an accurate translation the official dialect spoken in ethnicity and culture Yoruba, but stored inside the same name, which clearly was deformed by the native phonetic features and translations only the dialect of the culture of Dahomey Fon-Gbe dialect therefore see that clearly was a "nickname" repurposed to which he merges a single word of the dialect spoken by the Yoruba. We see that OLO-end is a clear example of the distortion or American or Cuban "rehabilitation" in this specific case, with clear examples and explain why: "Olo" (Yoruba) meaning "the most important", and we see that the word is attached to the word "tHE END" (without literal translation Yoruba) but if you have literal translation because of the merger and adoption Yorub on Dahomedano the Fon-GbE Dahomey This custom was retained as seen in many names of deities is believed to "Yoruba origin" and only have originated in the dahomedana or Vodoun-F culture. We will see that often varies a single letter in the names of deities give partial phonetic Yoruba or were retrofitted to country (Local phonetic) where the diaspora which results in a cult of Tradition transferred to this continent begins. In other cases we see in this investigation that the names of certain divinities vary when a Yoruba word merges and one Fon-Gbe (Ewe), and clearly see the "creation" of a new name or designation of a divinity adapting to local culture diaspora.

One of the divinities "adopted" more controversial: OLOFIN -METONLINFN is Yoruba or Fon-Gbe?

Specifically these examples of "adoption" or "distortion", we see very clearly in the name of Cuban divinity Ifa (criollo) with: "OLOFIN" as stated above is composed of two words "Olo" more "THE END". This deity is believed to be originated during years of Ifa Yoruba of Nigeria, but many Traditionalists Yorubaland priests dedicated to Ifa (Babalawos) disagree about the existence of this divinity in your system or cosmogony Yoruba Ifa-Orisa, allowing objectively ascertain that its origin was "confused" in America and not according to its Nigerian Yoruba or matrix, as well as several examples of these adoption cases diasporas will be repeated consistently, consider the meaning or origin of "Olofn" and analyze one of the reasons that prove its origin is Dahomedano and non Yoruba.

The divinity of F without kikan of Dahomey called METON-LINFN

"METON-LINFN" (Fon-GBE) means "He who follows the footsteps of his father" (Mawu-GOD) in the case and considering the dahomedana culture Vodoun -Fa this divinity is the "Father of F Ayi Degun", an honorary title the same FA DAHOMEY. Meton-Linfn is the mythical progenitor of FA of Dahomey. In this case we see clearly, if deeply analyze the adoption of the Yoruba ethnic group in the Cuban Ifa by emphasizing the word "olo" plus the word "end" is dahomedano and thus form the word now so famous "OLOFIN" perhaps applying "Olo" (Yoruba) has sought to emphasize the origin of the OLOFIN divinity, but kept very clearly the root of Creole deformation would like "LOFN" and not as it should be "LINFN" that would be the original word dahomedano clearly see the similarities and almost equal to the Fon-Gbe dialect perfectly identifiable for which investigated the dahomedano dialect America and West Africa, by word or title of divinity, which identifies "METON-LINFN". We will see the name decomposing it underwent a process of adopting the existing Yoruba what was dahomedano:

"METON-LINFN" (Olofin) dialect Fon-Gbe 1).

"METON": its meaning and translation is "Your father," or "Father of Man". 2). "LINFN": its literal translation is "the path of ..", "path .." or "footprint ..". 3). "METON-LINFN": the real meaning of the name or honorary title given to the divinity in this culture would be: "He who comes down from the Father"; or "He who belongs to the Father"; or "He who follows the path set by the Father." His cosmological significance in the F without kikan (Geomancy of F) is clearly the implication that this mythical deity takes the sacred mission continuity FATHER or higher divinity and creative within the cosmogony, states the "Father-Son of God supreme ". This important for Dahomedana culture divinity is stated as the "Father of FA-Ayi-DEGUN" Father of F of Dahomey and this meaning comes the real importance assigned to this divinity in culture and ethnic heritage of Vodoun-F . We see clearly that is a divinity of Cultural heritage of this ethnic group who believed in America be entitle the Yoruba Culture and deduce clearly why there are no parallels or adoptions in Yorubaland substantiating this divinity as world Geomancia- Yoruba Ifa. In our research we observed that the name of this deity "Meton-Linfn" in the Cuban diaspora in their native Ifa exposes clear deformation or typical features of a cultural distortion to discuss:

"OLOFIN" in the Cuban diaspora

Ifa Yoruba In diaspora examine the distortion comparing Creole phonetic name, and its literal dialect of Yoruba culture translation, because the diaspora enunciated from the beginning that divinity "Meton-linfn" was cultural heritage of Yorubaland. Furthermore we compare the literal decomposition with Fon-Gbe dialect that is the origin of culture in the name of divinity Dahomedana. 1). "O": Yoruba dialect means "He" or "She". This particle or article Yoruba dialect is widely used at the beginning of several names of deities that sometimes was used as its cultural origin was unknown, and were retrofitted with the use of the "O" to effect a Language guideline with this dialect, phonetically, which caused so many very remarkable desvirtuaciones in America. Perhaps it was the abbreviation for the name of Met. "Or" .. Linfin. 2). "O": Fon-Gbe dialect is an exclamation, and accentuates a name or enhances its hierarchy, makes sacred as Honorary Title. In the name "OLOFIN" note that also replaces the "IN" in "Linfn" .. "Lofin". 3). "LO": Yoruba dialect means, "to go." "More .." depending on the context of the phrase or name. It is also used as a pronoun. 4). "LO" in the Fon-Gbe dialect is used as a "Proverb" and is applied as the context name and gives a meaning or formal content. 5). "F" Yoruba dialect means "What .."; "With, or at ..". No word or particle Yoruba dialect that has meaning in the form "THE END" individually but applied to names that deviate substantially from this research found translation. And note that the "N" literal translation particle does not have any written separately. 6). We note that from the way literally written the Yoruba states as the Cuban diaspora in its Geomancy Ifa, the name "O-LOFN" compared to the parent dialect, Yoruba, acquires a translation interpretation: "Whoever comes .. ? ""? The one to .. ", may deduct many meanings based on the name that clearly lacks literal elements in this divinity that the Cuban titled as" OLOFIN "based on the Yoruba dialect because the matrix is believed this divinity. But we see clearly that a goal or result consistent designate the divinity does not appear in the translation, which has a cosmogenic significance as sacred as a God or supreme power equals believing culture. In this exhibition we see clearly that you can not compare the Yoruba dialect name "Olofn" no literal meaning and content cosmogonic or liturgical. It is clear from this statement that OLOFIN is a distortion of the original designation in the name: "METON-LINFN" and to merge with the culture of the Yoruba lost its significance as Honorary Title to divinity in this way it is pronounced phonetically Cuban within the diaspora. 7). In summary we can state clearly and without the F kikan or "Fa DAHOMEY" gave birth to the criollo Ifa in Cuba, and the existence of OLOFIN states: "METON-LINFN" in its true to the culture without phonetic deformations dahomedana form or mestizaciones the Yoruba dialect. The literal verification says it clearly, mythology and cosmogony draw a perfect parallel with the culture of Dahomey and is not projected to the culture of Yorubaland where it appears with notable absences joined Ifa priests in Nigeria (Babalawos) not recognized this divinity as part of the historical and cultural heritage of their deities. 8). It is necessary to question through this serious research and ask some assumptions: a). What happened in Cuba, or what caused the priests of this divinity the bokonon (Seers of F) disappeared and instead there are only Babalawos (diviners of Ifa)? b). Was it a transcultural phenomenon or was a testimony of tribal rivalries Dahomedana and Yoruba ethnic groups? c). This so controversial culturally promotes many hypotheses. Why are there no trace in Creole Ifa Corpus talk about these important changes and exposed to Olofn is the divinity of F of Dahomey "METON-LINFN"? These very common occurrences in America, distortion or transculturalizacin, and adoptions are common not only in the diasporas of Cuba, Brazil, and the Rio Plata, also in Haiti was an important port where it penetrated and culture of Vodoun-F installed but this section of research deserves a chapter to present research on transculturalizacin in the Haitian diaspora Dahomedanos its origins and its subsequent withdrawal from the array. Following our investigation, we will see more examples in other divinities of the use of "O" to establish a connection with the Yoruba dialect, and separate it from its dialectical root in several names Vodoun (deities) of Fon-Gbe not know if was intentional, to make a more realistic and less questionable "adoption" or if prevailed "deformation local creole phonetic" which gave a new phonics, similar to the Yoruba, and consequently found a name for this Nigerian ethnic group to be pronounced in his usual manner and phonetics.

This case of "adoption of Yoruba" in Cuba made the FA of Dahomey disappeared to the extent not exist in any Bokonon of F Island (Seer F), this substitution of a culture to one that became the dominant American tells us clearly that until F of Dahomey was the Ifa Yoruba first to arrive and settle in America, the reasons for this were not a fluke, as explained above was due to several factors, one of which could be perfectly Conquest of the Yoruba ethnic Dahomedanas on in America, we are not establishing a review, not a judgment on our brothers in West Africa, or decisions Vodoun-F priests in Cuba, but we are clearly talking about a reality that touched him live our Ancestors Dahomedanos in Cuba, Haiti and Brazil, where they forged their roots and established their Vodounhou in Bahia (Brazil) and their Councils in Matanzas (Cuba), of which today only very few who were able to maintain our culture generation generation with the sacrifice of the loss and the threat of ritualistic shortcomings having to respect a hegemonic as the Yoruba ethnic group who knew implement their Orisa, and who knew how to modernize the system of AF was at the beginning of Dahomey (Vodoun-F ). Do not forget also that a similar event to this happened in Haiti, where the hegemony was not the Yoruba, it was the Kongo-Bakongo ethnic group, which in turn was brought to Cuba as a new liturgy or belief system, mixing Vodoun of Dahomey with Nkissis of Angola, where even today believed to be the most Konga ethnicity. If we investigate the more we see that the struggles of supremacy of one ethnic group over the other produced this fact is now pretext for large research at many priests of their ethnicity. These ethnic groups also contributed to socio-political changes, such as the revolution in Haiti who was the first American civil war with religious overtones of Vudou-Haitian Voodoo. We see far religions or African American demonstrations in socially created new political powers to the point that was only a way to submit an entire nation as happened in Haiti, due to the influence of the "Bokor" or Priests Petr (powerful witches or sorcerers) inflicted a collective fear of their people to achieve the power of a dictatorship. Recall that as there was the "Bokonon of F" in Cuba and was gone or absorbed or converted to the culture of Yoruba or Lukum, also in Haiti if we analyze the word for a priestly hierarchy, "BOKOR", we see that is rooted grammar of the word "bokonon" where we see very clearly phonetic deformation, and if we analyze the meaning of it we see more dialectical matches: "Bokonon" in Dahomey means "Grand Wizard and powerful sorcerer" even if its real meaning other, and means "priest F" but the popular folklore of the locals spell it, is the "Azet" is the great wizard with power over any bad either end as well. If we investigate the Haitian word "Bokor" has the same meaning exalted by the local as the "priest of the dark sorcerer", but certainly bears some similarity to the word of his dahomedano origin. We see in this relationship of words and comparative something that gives us the proof in the necessary research and undoubtedly assert or say that perhaps existed in Haiti "The Bokonon First of F of Dahomey". As we see in this research on names Hierarchies, divinities and systems are not compatible with the matrix of West Africa, is giving us the idea of the great "transculturalizacin and adoptions" agreed or not assimilated by the fusion of ethnic groups, but certainly large deformation which gave way to a more predominant ethnic group or organization. What is the reason for the "disappearance of these priests F of Dahomey, both in Haiti and Cuba? It is the big issue that we must unravel and is the argument for extensive research on our part in these African ethnic groups in America, hypotheses certainly have many, as we speak now clearly of race or ethnic strife in America, perhaps often not been documented properly, but surely they existed and were forgotten as "thing rebel slaves or their insurrections" and so was ignored by the master Blanco do not even understand the dialect they spoke. We see the struggles of Haitian slave supremacy in Kongo on Fon-Gbe in the Lukum on Cuba and Brazil Arars the Ktou (Nagos) on Djdj, ethnicity and deduce clearly was very organized in Latin reconnected before the Yoruba, Kongas and Ktou. We must not forget that the United States also came a large contingent of slaves "Dahomedanos" and are until today have their centers of Haitian Voodoo, and some more traditional where there is also the Vodoun-F as it is in New Orleans, perhaps where was more protected from other ethnic groups who were there did not establish his supremacy as it was in the Caribbean and Brazil, including migration Uruguay and then it was in Argentina. So far research is leading to a very logical and even objective deduction, with which we can easily determine that: 1). The Vodoun-F of Dahomey ethnicities Danxom Grand Empire (today Benin, Togo and Ghana) was somehow taking the "appearance of Ifa Yoruba" in America, but its ancestry is truly and undeniably Dahomedanas. 2). The Vodoun-F was transfigured with new names deformed by local creole phonetics and absorbed by a majority ethnic group New in America, the Yoruba, and only in Haiti was supremacy of Nkissis or Kongos, where he emigrated to Cuba taking the variant of another form of worship or spiritualism: "The Palo Mayombe" 3). The deities worshiped first in America no doubt were Vodoun of Dahomey, by logical deduction for something to be "conquered or absorbed" should have been a primary element "to be conquered later". 4). From the above described and researched see that all priests and researchers will always be the question of why this conquest of an ethnic group on the already established (in the Arar Cuba, and Brazil's Djej or Jej, Haitian Vodoun by Nkissi) and know specifically why or which led to the conquest became manifest even with such different ritualistic and cultural elements that Africa tried to maintain to this day as distinct cultures, even keeping their dialects in purer forms and giving other African identity of each ethnic group. 5). We infer strongly that Ancestrality of Dahomey was higher than that of the conquerors of this ethnic group and is a fact of why many priests today believe that in their temples of worship are elements of the system that were lost, the confusion of many to see that they are worshiping different deities, which some are known today as "Vodoun" and others as "Orisa" which is the most widespread and known in Latin form, due to the Yoruba culture as we said today was "conquering ethnicity". 6). We also investigating visualize not only elements of Dahomedanas and Yoruba ethnic groups, but also elements of Bakonga culture as Haiti, Cuba, and also in Brazil through its rituals where there was an amalgamation of the three African matrices, see naturally created in America new manifestations or new culture "based on the three major ethnic groups in West Africa, which many researchers called diaspora or as many priests say" new African branches in America. "Speaking of Vodoun Fon-Gbe adopted as divinity or Orisa Yoruba in America, we will see several examples to deeply investigate reasons already discussed earlier, and the absence of complete or partial translation dialect originated believed on ethnicity or African roots. There is an endless number of these examples, in this first paper we present only show some more notable, in later works continue this exciting research. We neglect this research our deep respect for the ethnic groups that formed the American diaspora, not try to impose a "truth", our work is only based on the authenticity of cultural recovery through objective research and defense of the African roots of all these ethnic groups who came to America and then merged to create a "great American ethnicity or culture" based on matrices but lost cultural identity or direct connection with source systems in West Africa. We are encouraged by the sense and feeling of the investigation of the cultural heritage of our African ethnic groups and the rescue of a large collage of ancestralidades to the merger, we lost important elements and worthy of his rescue in original form aligned to their parent, for the great respect these cultures is the main reason that motivates our work now and forever.

A deity called "YALOD" - "YALORD-" Iyalode ". A Yoruba Orisa or one Vodoun of Dahomey?

We asked if Orisa because Cosmogony Vodoun-F of Dahomey, this deity is known as "Vodoun YALOD" and America as well see another "adoption" of Orissa with Vodoun or maybe a "syncretism of a deity or parallelism" with another cosmogony as Dahomedana. There will be new to the researchers see these examples or for priests who learned to objectively investigate through the comparison with the divinities that little is known or spread of the matrices in West Africa as a royal cult or cosmological and cultural expression. And so that upon researching this word only makes sense in its literal translation totally Fon-GbE and not believed the Yoruba dialect: YALOD- YALORDE-Iyalode: Y or Yi: willingness to give, to share, we see that strain or adoption just missing the "" is then translated Fon-Gbe. : everything. L: Fon-Gbe dialect and can be translated as "enigma" or "mystery". GIVE: something. Examples: means "give" someone; Nou- "give" something. Examples and meanings to the Fon-Gbe Yialod name: "The one who holds your hand", "which gives a help." Another analysis: Yi: take, will ALOD: that reaches out to anyone. ALOD: giving a help to anyone. If we add the words: Yi-, or transform the Yoruba, then it would literal translation should be written dialect literally Iya ... which means "mother" in Yoruba. But we see that most of the word or name of deity is perfect YALOD literal translation since breaking the floor to Fon-GbE and not the dialect of Yoruba: (? ......) Iya (mother) ... lode in Yoruba, lack of translation by the lack of dialectical elements. But as we saw almost all of the word clearly belongs to the Fon-GbE and we must clarify that this divinity "Vodoun YALOD" is also a female divinity of water, but not as it is known in Santeria Cubana for example, and in Brazil or across America that will venerate Orisa Orisa as a designation of Osun since for the culture of Dahomey is a Vodoun and in this culture do not worship Orissa. As is so in this example we see very clearly the "adoption or merger" of an heritage of their local cultures, but we know that a priest or representative of these ethnic groups have the moral and ethical duty to rescue their ethnicity or ancestry of cultural distortion, besides being a worthy representative of his cult as a true ambassador of its parent in West Africa. We can not be contemplative but neither should we be partakers liabilities of a "cultural deformation" if we have the responsibility to guide future priests of these ethnic groups who brought an intact cultural heritage and then suffered adoptions, cultural mergers and removing them desvirtuaciones of natural origin or implanting reforms that force today as they research the consequent loss of their identity.

In Latin-speaking and Portuguese and French speaking, examples Caribbean, Brazil and Haiti and English in USA, had the arrival of high priests of culture of Dahomey, from the old Empire was formed by several now independent countries but maintained their monarchical dynasties and royal lineages. Many descendants came to slavery by the 1700s, and according to some historians, before too. At the beginning of this tributary of slaves to America, we will see a very characteristic fact that many priestesses Vodoun-F exercised what was called "matriarchal" where only were initiated cult excluded women and men of the community that was organizing in the new American lands. This unusual fact in their parent of origin made in Brazil (Bahia) and in Cuba (Matanzas) structures dahomedano original system changed substantially to the beginning, and could be one of many factors that give rise to the beginning of the most striking both names of divinities such as merging or adoption investigate both today transformations. It is no coincidence that female hierarchies dahomedanas priestesses were the main factor is then confused with the designation of a divinity that in America today is discussed and polemic if Dahomey or is Yoruba.

Vodoun "nana or nana Buruku" Is it a Vodoun Fon-GbE or is a Yoruba Orisa or deified ancestor in America?

As we said earlier, this "American" Vodoun or deity believed in Arar Cuba, and Brazil Ketou (Nago) brings innumerable ramifications. In this research we open the question the reader and researcher, not only because of the controversy originates and lack of probable elements with African roots, but because all research is inclined to perhaps not Orisa not be a Vodoun in the literal way in which it is designated in the diasporas both Cuban culture as Brazil. Then begin analyzing the hierarchies of women in the Vodoun-F system: Currently in Dahomey Benin, a priestess of Culture initiated Vodoun is designated as "Mamissi" and also as "Maman" by French phonetics both. Currently in many ethnic groups in Ghana and Togo, not only are called Mamissis the priestesses of Vodoun, but also if they are priestesses of Vodoun Mami Wata are known as "Nana" and "NAM", speaking only comparatively Female hierarchies in Vodoun-F. Because there on the Vodoun cosmogony of Dahomey two divinities known as Vodoun "NA" and another Vodoun called "NAW", closely related to the water element, as would be the main feature also of "Nana or Nana Buruku" is that we may have a more objective research. The reason that leads us to inquire about this divinity that exists in America is that is not known in Dahomey or a cult this Vodoun with such features as known in Cuban and Brazilian diaspora. It is quite possible investigating Nana Buruku and worship as Vodoun, or Orisa Yoruba, perhaps in the past and has happened consistently in adoptions already mentioned, that generate or create a new divinity in America from the influence described at the beginning as Matriarchies of these ethnic groups, which exerted a major influence, and where women priestesses of Vodoun "nana or" Nanam "or simply called by not having a correct literal translation is so easily confused with a ethnic group over another, with another clear dialectical parallel or local Creole deformation as are exposing this Vodoun peculiar to the Culture of Dahomey and was confused when is adopted to the culture of Arara in Cuba by Lukumies, and migration across America are then esparciera as a designation of Vodoun Lukum YALOD, which was believed to be the designation of the Orisa Osun. In the chapter of geomancy of F of Dahomey see the FaDu or sign F in which Vodoun YALOD is present on Earth according to the concepts of this dahomedana Culture and popular beliefs Bokonon of F and its characteristics as a divinity Vodoun in the chapter that refers to the cosmogony Vodoun in Dahomey. It can be very controversial such investigations and for many illogical or invasive to the level of popular belief of certain divinities which were adopted as Orisas in America and who acquired "American identity itself" in diasporas that They establish as divinity, because of the importance that took these high priestesses, thus reaching believe that this designation was the name or title of a divinity, when in fact it concerns only a priestly hierarchy of Dahomey. This theory is not ruled by us; as stated in investigating its parallel with the Vodoun cosmogony, this deity does not exist in dahomedana matrix with the title given in Latin or "Nana Buruku" even as Vodoun nana, much less with the following designation "Buruku" or so possible denominations in America that phonics is known locally. But very often we see that Priestesses women and elderly of Vodoun-F are called as "Nana-Nanam NAM" for his wisdom, or their importance within their communities and priestly clans. It's easy to assume that the absence of such divinity Vodoun, we must thoroughly investigate what apparently was a confusion of a female divinity or hierarchy with Vodoun, due to the natural belief in ancestors of Dahomey clan (Djot) and elevate them the status of a deity because of their importance in the religious community or diaspora. Thus, one could Vodoun priestess called "Nana" (female hierarchy): Zogbe (eg Vodoun name of deity), and then be revered as "Nana", taking the name of Vodoun priestess and be physically missing simply sympathy "invoked" and by affection and transcendence, or wisdom left to relatives or priests initiated by her, who venerate in this community, always the name "Nana" (Zogbe) but it turned into a Vodoun Community over your dahomedano Lineage. If you appreciate this fact well, we can clearly deduce one of the reasons they did in America Vodoun "Nana" a new divinity of the cultures that were initiated in Cuban and Brazilian diaspora, because those "NAM-nana-Nanam" priestesses were reaching category deified ancestor called by our culture as the "Djot or" Klouto ", may then well be the" confusion and adoption "of what is now known in America as Vodoun or Orisa" nana Buruku ". We also see that divinity "Nana-Buruku" has several designations following the main name "Nana" Buruku BURUKUM, Buluku, etc, etc, the most common in America "Buruku". Analyzing the word "Buruku" not only see that was invalidated by phonetics, being apparently without translation Fon-Gbe assuming that we talk about the word "Nana" (fon-GBE) should be visible dialectic root but only find it that "BU" (? ...), "RU" (? ...) and Ku (translation and would "KOU" would be written, which would mean the fon-GbE "death" or related to death) decomposing the word conveniently translatable form and starting with "KU-KOU" ... so if you have respect, we see that the rest of the word has no translation to the dialects of Dahomey, or was so distorted by local phonetic diaspora. But if we investigate remembering that there was "adoption" of the Yoruba ethnic group in America on divinities Vodoun dahomedanas, we see that the word Buruku, though deformed by phonetics, is almost complete translation Yoruba dialect and mean "dark or evil spirit" or "the that brings death. "Following research we found in this word "Buruku" similarities with the meaning of "Kou" in the Fon-Gbe dialect, which gives the sense that it takes the whole word in the Yoruba dialect only contraction "Kou". If we do another review for possible phonetic desvirtuaciones in this word "Buruku", "Boroku" also used in Brazil, "Buluku" we can find other meanings maybe that would give a more approximate source dialect Fongbe and not the Yoruba as believed until now. We could approach analyzing each of these words in the different American diasporas are of the same name or title of divinity "Nana Buruku". An example: BU: (in Fon GBE should say "Bo") and mean "higher," big "," big "and is used as a proverb. RU: No translation Fon-Gbe, but could be related to the word "L" which in this case would mean "mystery" or "secret". We must remember that due to the dialectical deformations undergone by all African dialects, is likely to be deformed. KU: (o Kou in the fon-GBE) means "death". In Yoruba would Iku, adding a letter, but the shape is closer to the Fon-Gbe just written as phonetics. Bringing the meanings and giving a parallel interpretation to which it is known today in the Vodoun "Nana" America we see clearly that the word Fon-Gbe mean according to this decomposition, "Nana" (female hierarchy Vodoun-F which means "great mother or old and wise "mother, but Priestess Vodoun, no divinity Vodoun). "Buruku-BURUKUM-Buluku-BURKUN-BOROKUN" mean the Fon-Gbe "the great mysteries of Death", but coincidentally Yoruba dialect acquired for the same meaning. In summary for the Fon-Gbe dialect: "Nana-Buruku" mean "The Great Mother who brings the secrets of Death", linking the name NANA the name or title "Buruku" would clearly that this Vodoun then became a divinity from a very wise Priestess (ancestor or Djot) probably dedicated to the worship of Mami Wata Vodoun (Mami HOUTA) or Vodoun NAW containing the same characteristics of worship which also contains the full meaning of translation "Nana-Buruku". Then we will see the title search of Vodoun "NAW" and its literal meaning to the dialect of Dahomey (Fon -Gb): NA: "The Great Mother", "The Great Queen", "The great wise mother" relative pronoun : what, who / is, the / a / os / as the / la / los / las, where / is, the / a / os / as everything / a / os / as, what, how, where. WO: break, destroy, demolish, destroy "NAW: Its meaning in one way would be" The great mother who can destroy everything. "He is worshiped as a Vodoun of Creation has initiated "Vodounssis" (sons of Vodoun) or priestesses, but its role in Cosmogony Vodoun-F is of significant importance to give birth to other Vodoun well known in the culture of Dahomey. But this Vodoun "Naw" is recognized as the carrier divinity of all "Secrets of Death" and why it is so respected in the cosmogony Vodoun-F. This concept then gives us an idea of the similarity in comparison, but it would be impossible the existence of a Priestess or "Nana" or "Nm" or "Na" dedicated to the worship of Vodoun Naw as this dahomedano vodoun not accept priests be a Vodoun of The Creation. The development of our research will then leading us to conclude that the Vodoun "Nana Buruku" is created in America and that for this reason many priests diaspora have so many confusions and misunderstandings regarding this divinity, their origin, their religion, if one Yorub adopting a Vodoun of dahomedana ethnicity or is an Orisa Yoruba pantheon. From the moment a parallel or nexus of a Vodoun or Orisa, or even Nkissi divinity is not found, then we can assume that the worship of this divinity is born in America within diasporas exclusively. There will always be a logical answer could be a Vodoun born of an ancestor or Djot a Priestess Vodoun as explained extensively, and other communities of the same lineage would preserve it as an ancestor deified in the form of a Klouto, and even had his fetish individual and divinity. Our individual paper presents research. It will be on the siblings of diasporas of America researching the topic from the perspective of each ethnic community or cultural and philosophical vision they have. We can not assure it a Vodoun Fon-Gbe that is unprecedented in Dahomey, only apparent similarities with "other gods" but does not match the name or title given to him in America. I still collating possible desvirtuaciones in dialect, still decompressing the words in repeatedly, provided the preponderance of "Nana" (female Hierarchy) will be and secondly the title or designation clearly a deity or Vodoun: "Buruku" related to the secrets that brings "Death". The intrigues in each investigation grow even more if we believe that the name of this deity "nana Buruku" is Yoruba origin and are facing a divinity or Orissa. As discussed, the name that defines divinity is clearly a female Hierarchy of Vodoun priestess or dahomedanas, and they did not worship Yoruba Orisa, so it follows that this divinity, "nana Buruku" not would be Yoruba origin or parent, but she believes in America closely related to the ethnicity of Nigeria. Then we have a ancestor deified by the dahomedana ethnicity in America, was born in one of the existing diasporas, and quite possibly outside the culture of Arara (Fon-GbE) Cuba who "divinized" and worshiped in honor of his "nana na-Nanam "old, his long list of Priestesses dahomedanas in the councils of Matanzas. Quite possibly from there he emigrated to America as a whole Vodoun as it is considered to this day. We must not forget that in Brazil this divinity "Nana Buruku" is well known and revered in their Candombls Dj-dji or Jej (Fon-GbE) and even by Ktou Bay that are also dahomedano origin, but conquered in Dahomey by the Yoruba kingdom of Oyo. We can not define what diaspora begins the veneration of this Vodoun so revered in America and as far from its parent in Dahomey, as we saw was revered by Matriarchies that exalted the priestly figure of dahomedana woman in America, what we leads to assert further that "Nana" (female Hierarchy vodoun) played a key role in the diasporas in its infancy in both Cuba and Brazil. We know that is very common in the cosmogony Vodoun-F the birth of new Vodoun when a Priest or Priestess was a historical precedent on ethnicity or was even deified as a tribute to his memory at the Fon-Gbe Community. But born through a being who had life: "NAM-NA-Nanam" (Hierarchy Women Vodoun-F) or also a "HOUNONDAH HOUNON- HOUNON-G -MPA- bokonon" (Ladders Male Vodoun and F), which then be a clan Klouto Vodoun-F and return as a Djot to life in a new elected after his evolution in the world of the afterlife or the Invisible World of the Dead. As we saw in this research, the "adoption" of other dahomedanas divinities system Yorub made much information deface and perhaps written documents reaffirm this theory on the origins of Vodoun "Nana Buruku" (clearly Fon-GBE) were lost as we would have documented the theory of the origin in question and why was clearly Fon-Gbe deified ancestor in America. Many times we see several "Vodoun Names, Titles of the gods, deified ancestors Designations, Yoruba Orisa roads, associated or" adapted "to new cultures of American diasporas, becoming a continuous" mixing of ethnicities ", often making this" transculturalizacin "prime on actual in each of their African origins matrices, where they were brought by their priests or representatives of each of these ethnic groups.

Many priests now say with divergence rescue concepts of knowledge of such facts, and the rescue of the true African philosophy which was diluted by joining American cultures existing (Catholic, Jesuit, Pre-Columbian and Native) vanishing in some ethnic groups the identity preserved so carefully in West Africa or the Slave Coast. No doubt that each of these investigations may be a more controversial than before, no doubt in the reader will evaluate and assimilate research or compatible for doubt that many have with the distortion generated by the adoption of divinities of ethnicity dahomedana and applied to the pantheon of Yoruba Orisa Orisa as happened with "AJAGUN-Ayaguna" (way or title of Orisa Obatala in the Cuban diaspora in Brazil with the Orissa Oxala).

Vodoun "ADJAGUN-AJAGUNA-Ayaguna" old Vodoun of Dahomey or Orisa Yoruba in America?

This divinity as well known in America, both in culture and Arar Lukum in Cuba, as in the Brazilian diaspora Ktou and also Dje-DJI or Jej is cultuada or venerated as a "way or designation or title of" also a very popular Orisa Yoruba divinity in America known in Cuba as Obatala-Obatalisa in Santeria, while in Brazil, in all its diasporas known in the Candombl, it's part of the family of Orissa Oxala-Obatala (Oxagin-Oxalufn) . When we speak of Obatala (Yoruba) and Obatalis (Lissa Fon-GBE) in Cuban Santera clearly see a "merger of the branch Lukum -Yorub with Arar Fon-Gbe" is convenient to highlight that fact that few speakers, as well as the Cuban diaspora appointing Vodoun Lissa as "Levoris" a clear distortion of Vodoun "SEGBOLISS" by local Cuban phonetics. This example is the one who puts the name of the Vodoun "AJAGUN" (or supposedly Yoruba Orisa) divinity in research not having an exact literal translation to Yoruba, and does have perfect literal translation Fon-Gbe. We clearly see on grounds that diasporas a cultural custom became and even a "idiom" was created by renaming titles of deities that existed from the beginning and readapted to the new come to the island as clearly seen in the rehabilitation of Fon-Gbe words. Thus idioms or adaptations of the new to the already established and led often to worship a deity Vodoun be "adopted or amended" according to the new system, the Yoruba Ifa-Orisa arise. Within the Arar branch of Cuban Santeria and Lukum, we see a clear example of the above: 1). "Vodoun" (Fon-GBE) undermined by the local Creole phonics as "Foldun" (used by the dahomedano Vodoun-Arar of Matanzas). 2). "Vodoun Segboliss" (Fon -Gb) distorted and renamed with the Cuban popular phonics, like "Foldun Levoris" (branch Arar of Matanzas, Cuba) 3). Orisa Obatala (Yoruba) renamed by Lukum and Arar when the subsequent merger as OBATA-Lissa or OBATALIS. This example will observe very assimilated by diasporas in Cuba when a Lukum priest who also absorbed ancestrality Vodoun Fon-Gbe named in their ceremonies to divinity as "Obatala-Obataissa-Obatalisa", indicating very clearly the presence of Vodoun "Lissa" in the nickname imposed by the Cuban culture, or perhaps mistaking the figure of Orisa Yoruba Obatala in its reform instituted after the appearance of Orisa Yoruba ritualistic and subsequent reforms of both ethnic groups: Dahomedana added to the Yoruba. To these reforms were not indifferent ethnicities of Dahomey who came to Brazil and then unified, and established another name for local Portuguese phonetic divinity Orisa Obatala reforming it to the name it bears today in their Candombls: "Oxala" name people who gave divinity in this diaspora phonetic deformation talk of a title Yoruba Orisa Obatala (Orishanla-Osanl). In Brazil the branch call Dje-DJI or Jej (Dahomedano) in their matrices or more traditional houses, did not change the name of Vodoun Lissa as it is called by the branch of Ktou (Dahomedana) that due to mixing in the territory of Benin with the kingdom of Oyo (Yoruba), brought other different concepts and were denominated in their ethnicity as "Nagos -Anags" to differentiate into Latin of the ethnic groups of Dahomey (Dje-dj) although we can not forget that Ktou has a great ancestry Dahomey and the Vodoun cult deities of this ethnic group was the first thing they worshiped in West Africa, only with the conquest of the Yoruba Ifa enthrone and adopt the Oyo. We will see many Bokonon of F in the city of Ktou (Benin) but also see many Babalawos of Ifa Yoruba. So then that divinity "AJAGUN" is adopted as a "quality, road or title of" Orisa Obatala the Yoruba in America by the Lukum ethnic groups in Cuba and Ktou Brazil and absorbed the dahomedano directly, through its links with the Vodoun Lissa the Vodoun-F (Fon-GBE) cosmogony, perhaps comparing this divinity or drawing a parallel with the Orisa Obatala by their similarity as lords and concepts for both cosmologies in West Africa, and perhaps by the characteristics of "Ajagun" also very similar to those which now has as an Orisa, and not as an old Vodoun Dahomedano their true worship in Vodoun-F around Dahomey. As it was easy acceptance or integration of both ethnicities Dahomedana and Yoruba in America and we see the influence of Vodoun Lissa in Cuba with the figure of Orisa Obatala, was also very easy adoption of divinity or Vodoun AJAGUN. Now describe an investigation into the translation of the name "AJAGUN-Ayaguna" sometimes named in Latin as "Jagun" clearly very deformed by local phonetic our continent, mainly Portuguese.

AJAGUN: Adja: ethnicity and indigenous people of Adja-Tado, geographically located almost on the border with Benin in the territory of Togo, and was conquered by Dahomey. Their dialect is also called "Adja". The word "Adja" how literal part of the composition or name of divinity "Ajagun" and only he was replaced a single letter "D" with "J", which led to its current name "Ajaguna". We also see that it was written by phonetic dialect, keeping to the pronunciation of the name, as the letter "D" is silent and then say: "Aha or Aiah". We will see that the decomposition should be made to recognize an etymological root in the word comparing it with concrete data and translatable into a dialect, as the Fon GBE would then like this: AHA-gu-na. Clearly see that all the word for Vodoun Ajaguna or "Adjguna" is literally without own doubts Fon-Gbe dialect and not as was believed to be the Yoruba and what he and the "adoption of this Vodoun as Orissa". If we take the term "Adja" dialect Yoruba, its meaning would be "dog" and an animal could not make sense of an "honorary" to a deity is Vodoun namely Orissa, is so either could acquire meaning through marriage the complete sentence: "Adja-goo-nothing". If we make a parallel with the word "Adja" (dog) with the dialect of Yoruba fon-GbE then you should say: tchoukou or AVN (which are the two ways of saying "dog"). This fact seen here so striking and speaks clearly describes the divinity "AJAGUN-Ayaguna-Jagun" does not maintain a parallel with the dialect of Yoruba and discards the association with the pantheon of Ifa-Orisa of Cuba (Lukum) or the Diaspora Candombl in Brazil Ktou (Nago). If we do a literal translation of the Yoruba ethnic group clearly see the differences with the concept that in Yorubaland have in their cosmogony Ifa Orisa: 1). "Ajagun": this name or Honorary Title in Yoruba cosmology was the closest thing found in this dialect dictionaries formal, adapting to the phonetic contained in the name of divinity, meaning brings us "is a devotee of the Spirit of Iron (Orisa Ogun) acting as a guard or soldier of that divinity ". 2). "Ajagun-AJAGUNA-Jagun" we see clearly state the same divinity, only local distortion removes particles to the phrase or name, but note that the meaning given the Yoruba culture to this divinity is opposite to what is stated in America within diasporas as it is an Orisa that belongs to the family of Obatala and not of Orissa Ogun as it is considered in Yorubaland matrix. Following the translation of the name "Ajagun" the Fon-Gbe see the next word that joins the phrase is "Goo" (Aha - "gu" -na), and only concerned also with the Vodoun-F Culture of Dahomey: "Gu" translated into Fon-GbE has two meanings depending on the conjunction that is formed in a sentence dialect: 1) G: means "working" or "working". 2) G: Divinity Vodoun called Gu, involved in the creation or cosmogony of Dahomey, and appoints the "Spirit of Change" and all this will lead to the human being and life on Earth, owner of metals . (See Chapter cosmogony). No related to the cosmogony of the Yoruba therefore moves away from possible "parallels" and lacks formal literal translation that dialect. As we see the name of the deity "Ajagun" only detracts from the translation of the word "Na" to acquire perfect meaning to Fon-Gbe. NA: It's a divinity also Cosmogony Vodoun-F female and belongs to the family of Vodoun Lissa (male), also related to Vodoun Sakpata. Very important for Dahomedano as it is very old and being a carrier of many important functions relevant to the Culture of Fon-Gbe. This word for identifying a Vodoun-F divinity, no literal translation Yoruba dialect also see that conserved in all writing and phonetics of dahomedano dialect, and therefore leaves no doubt by Cuban or Brazilian local deformation. In this thorough and exhaustive investigation we can only interpret the forms of its meaning, according to the ideal or practice of dahomedano in its dialectical relation to that is a "Honorary Title of a Vodoun" part of their cosmogony and also very recognized in its Geomancy of F and their seniority within the Culture of Dahomey. If then combine those three words and their meanings have: "Adja" more "Gu" more "NA": 1). Adja: He came from the village Adja ... "Goo" working ... "Na" to Vodoun nA. 2). ADJAGUN: "The Warrior (Adja) holding a Vodoun NA". To give a more interpretive and according to the conception of cosmogony Vodoun-F of Dahomey sense, this Vodoun Male, belonging to the family of Vodoun Lissa serves to support the divinity Lissa and also Vodoun Na is female and she belongs Lissa's family. Therefore the closest interpretation according to the literal translation would Fon-Gbe latter, and suppose was what caused the "adoption" in Cuban and Brazilian diaspora of this Vodoun "Ajagun" as a quality or divinity belonging to the Orissa family Obatala, as already explained, merges or draws a parallel in America with Lissa Vodoun of Dahomey. As we saw in this research, the "adoption of one culture over another" led to think and believe the priests of various diasporas, that this divinity and many more, belonged to an ethnic group exclusively, sometimes changing the system liturgy completely while preserving its name "full" very "reformed" in the diasporas to the point of believing part of an array that did not correspond to their culture or ethnicity from where it was brought to America. We can discuss a lot about events like this, and we investigated, we can refute with other research, but we know that the "literal translation" to a dialect is always unveil what was reformed or merged; there would be no greater proof of the distortion caused by the "adoption" is the most reliable test that we can always find researchers in these ethnic groups when we were studying "oral traditions" dialectic thus becomes the true proof of a thesis and leaves no room for error or supposition opinion of inexperienced in these investigations. We priests Bokonon / F, Babalawos / Ifa Babaloriss, Iyaloriss, Hounon, Mamissis, Tata Nkissis; must assume responsibility for the investigation as a new demonstration and teaching conducive to education within our Religious Communities in America to promote cultural exchange ethnicities with full respect they deserve each as "Culture" in addition to its spiritual mystical component should walk the road of scientific research and also religious ethics. Mixtures, adoptions, mergers, local deformations in diasporas, only provoked infighting among ethnic groups and their descendants, that is why we promote the "rescue of each African matrix" for them in America may have a more peaceful coexistence strictly based on the defense of their cultural identities and promote the objective "information" without fear of exposing what is often kept in the deepest silence of misinformation. We can not keep away from reality researchers and priests of these very rich cultural manifestations, although rivalicemos probably in some exhibitions of investigations carried out. Nor should continue saving convenient silence to hide what ever we should respect for African ancestralidades excusndonos in the manifestation of American local cultures that "adopted" an African due to migration for slavery; and continue thus generating more "adoptions" alienating these ethnic groups from their parent of origin and therefore of its rightful cultural heritage. We have seen in these mergers indirectly what could be elicited in the internal structure of each ethnic group and Cosmogony down to the geomantic; such "adoptions then brought the testimony of the disappearance of philosophical concepts of these cultures, losing the essence of the real origin to be merged into another culture that believed identical, but the fact that they had profound differences in their ancestral beliefs are ignored and cultural, and we will see very clearly in the Vodoun "Yew", and investigate why this Vodoun believed only in America within Yoruba diaspora of Cuba and Brazil. Why also lost much of its liturgy and concepts in worship as a divinity to the end that no longer exist "Initiates or Priests" This Vodoun of Dahomey, but if there is in the Ifa Corpus Creole Cuba in apatakines Yoruba, and culta in general and other Orisa and divinity Vodoun in diaspora in America.

Vodoun "Yew" Vodoun of Royalty Dahomedana Yoruba divinity or related to Oya and Ob deities?

Our research indicates that first the name of this female divinity Vodoun "Yew" was confused with divinity "Yew" of Ifa-Yoruba cosmology, due to the assimilation of concepts of cosmogony on the other, making this confusion it is planted in America in its Cuban and Brazilian diaspora simply as a Yoruba Orisa, and forget that also in Dahomey was this divinity, through ignorance or because nothing was written about worship. A fact that may be controversial or unknown to many priests of diasporas is that "both Yoruba and Dahomedana Cosmogony" this deity has its own sacred spaces and individual worship, only differing in liturgical aspects and sometimes philosophical concepts, but we know each ethnic group has its own culture and dialect, in addition to concepts and visions of each cosmogony. In our research we talk only correspond Vodoun Yew in form and typical divinity "Royalty Dahomedana" (Fon-GBE), but for us it would not be objective as researchers and priests of these ethnic groups speak only of one ethnicity and hide what perhaps many have ignored the Orisa Yoruba Yew of Cosmogony surely many believe this exhibition would seem very interesting as we are so exciting research in this divinity as "Vodoun" but also as "Orissa" in West Africa. We see through this research that today is exposed to you in our work, in America this fact was little known or completely unknown to the "adoption" of one ethnic group over another, this caused surely disregard and not taken as a theme or individual vision that involves both ethnic cultures and origins. We saw also in the diasporas in Yoruba ancestry (Lukum and Nag) were able to defend in America or rescue Yew as lords of Ifa-Orisa, but not so with the dahomedanas diasporas relegated their worship how Orisa only in their Vodounhou (kWE-Brazil, Cuba or councils-Iles), forgetting that also Yew is a Vodoun divinity in Dahomey, nor how the physical ritual as it is in Africa was preserved; this fact in Dj-Dji (Brazil) and Arars diasporas (Cuba) made virtually disappear this divinity in their pantheons of Vodoun, also do not exist today priests of this divinity Yew in their new cultures in America, but we must remember that came to Cuba dahomedanas representatives of this Vodoun priestess, and they are recorded in the history of Arars of Matanzas. Currently no one knows the reason that led to this Vodoun Yew and the Yoruba Orisa, lost liturgical representatives (priests or Vodounssis) in America, and now in Dahomey is very exclusive only to descendants of the royal line, especially for daughters princesses del Rey as of old was always in this culture Fon-Gbe. According to the investigation with great objectivity, highlights the fact that we are probably talking about a new phenomenon of ethnic groups in its parent in Africa that rarely give "sharing a divinity" as Yew, by the "adoption" or merger also on African soil in its origins; factors that could affect first instance were the territorial conquests in the Slave Coast (West Africa), as is well documented, and consists in the annals of great literature very prominent researchers and historians. These historical facts that ethnicity did suffer conquered adopting their culture for supremacy of the conquering race, and certain deities today are a shared heritage between the two ethnic groups (Dahomedana and Yoruba) and forming part of their cultural and ancestral legacies to the present . Continuing this research is that it becomes very obvious consequence of the "adoptions" in America, and so continued as a "custom that transculturaliz" further the already adopted that comes from Africa (cultural matrix) and the

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VODOUN- ANCESTRO- DJOT FA DAHOMEY

"Dada miton l KPO do ayi koun Gban dji give my share or gni MPa z miton, dagbo dagbo do miton z tin gives GBE min, y gni know you see, what bo nou nou you Tagba you DJE DJE yi ma gni GbE or, nou djin kon na yi ". "Our ancestors are in the land we live, our parents, elders ancestors who do everything possible, I ask them to be in the eternal calm, and do not let anything wrong approach the way they drew us." Significance of ancestor in the "Culture Vodoun-F" "The word" ANCESTOR "is generally used to refer to a previous individual in our family, of whom it descended and is already physically disappeared. Although the idea of 'ancestor' usually makes us think of people belonging to our family of blood or blood relatives, the group of relatives of many previous generations and physically disappeared who founded our clan or "family" may also be, our own parent or our own mother and acts as our ancestor both genetic terms as in social and cultural terms. This concept is perhaps gives us a clearer picture of what an ancestor to a subsidiary level or hereditary blood relative "idea. The ancestor can be either initiated the line of descent in which we live we appear to Life, as well as the person directly above us beings. The ancestor is someone who is from "before us", with which we maintain genetic and social bond of indestructible union that gave us their "culture, dialect, customs and their system of beliefs". This is true at the individual level, but the ancestor may also be the common ancestor of many families who are branching time. Even up one can speak of a common ancestor for all mankind and that is where the line of descent must turn to the beginning, at which time the first hominids began to show differences with monkeys, (according to known scientific theories). Thus we can travel in time during the life line of Man and reach their first ancestor, but has not yet been achieved despite multiple scientific research, often giving approaches, or more hypotheses that sometimes even seem very crazy, or extraterrenas for even the most adventurous scientist beyond the formal structure of many authors who only provided evidence for "further investigation", but it is still a topic to discover or prove a scientific level everything related to the first ancestors current man and also find out about the early cultures of humanity where the most accurate of contemporary man origin would find because, like many scientists know the answers to these sources are contained in the cultures of the oldest civilizations, and continuity "ANCESTRAL" followed by the descendants, who They establish in Cosmogony of their divinities the secrets of those "ORIGINS" legends of Creation, in their geomantic, everything is written or transmitted "orally" from generation to generation within these cosmological or mythological systems, which continue to present this "Law of Ancestral CONTINUITY" and also cultural. When we talk about ANCIENT CULTURES, we are talking about the heritage that was the legacy of an earlier civilization, which are often one and only "common origin". All cultures today are descended from the most ancient cultures, we see very clearly when in a culture, for example, in West Africa that even under different names in their divinities saves and sets a very defined cultures of Egypt for example nexus, but also with the civilizations of the Middle East. The unique and transcendent mythic characters able to "convey a Culture" in the history of humanity, were the Ancestors, and maybe that's why this ethnic respects and reveres or deifies the wisdom contained in a "DJOT or Klouto" because they were the pillars of this recreation in a new culture or territory conquered in the migration from the Middle East to the current Dahomey. If we investigate systems or cultural pantheons of deities see that consequently "DIVINITIES parallels" are plotted Egyptian with Mesopotamian, Greek with Egyptian, Mesopotamian Hindus with; and from there they will establish a continuity or ANCESTRAL MEMORY, continuing their migration to the current cultures of West Africa, where from Dahomedana, to maintain Yorub "parallels" with them still in their geomantic systems; where you even think was the Origin of "Fa-IFA-Afa". Although the Dahomedana Culture was the only one saved "snakebite" features in its main mythological representations of deities as "Vodoun DAN" and the Yoruba humanized their pantheons and mythologies, was the very picture of that culture, perhaps introducing differential concepts your neighbors brothers, but not ruling out the possible COMMON ORIGIN, that binds to the present. As we said, Dahomey maintained the ancestral veneration "snakebite" characters, which inevitably became more linked to the earliest civilizations that also worshiped in their culture the same totemic representation in their most sacred deities and Egypt maintained a "cultural parallel" through their systems' beliefs and philosophy "(worldviews) to concepts of Creation, noting in this regard the figure of" God Mawu "or" GODDESS OF CREATION "what which relates this dahomedana Culture with the cradle of civilization in Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent. Perhaps this fact so characteristic of our culture separates us from our brothers in West Africa, ethnicity or culture Yoruba, who always venerated the divine "EDUMAR-Olodumar" as the Supreme God (Male) from its cosmogony and Geomancy, emparentndolo ancestrally to religions with the most modern design in the historic line of "civilizations" that were in his subsequent creation as Muslim, which also has in its figure Male Religion as an essential feature that identifies it. As we said, the "Man" through their cultures was preserving in their belief systems vestiges of the old culture, where "down" and clearly speaks of a long journey to where they are installed as "new" Culture in a new physical territory, far from its geographical start, but always based on the matrix conveyed cultural heritage, and ORIGIN and culture. This speaks to the importance of ANCESTOR is a common legacy for all "old" civilizations and their ancestors and priests representing each Worldview of divinities were transmitting the wisdom and knowledge as a ANCESTRAL LEGACY, preserved by blood descendants and that is established in each culture as well as a "SPIRITUAL HERITAGE" which was in the "Ancestral Memory in culture" keeping pace with their footprints in the timeline. A "Ancestor" then becomes the carrier and transmitter of inherited culture, the cultural legacy that identified them as a civilization, with rules, science, structures and customs, and with all the wisdom they collected on the ground in the they lived.

The cult of ancestor or "THE DJOT"

- "Klouto" Depending on your spiritual Hierarchy (Priest), a 'Djot "may be the bearer of an important mission to" Return "on their ethnicity, not only involve factors of spiritual evolution achieved in his earthly stage in "Life" or stay in their culture, will be a main feature that transmit the bearer or "chosen" to which he devoted to "spiritual heritage" as a worthy representative of his clan, and it will stand on its li