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The Facts that you do not have to like but are true
Fact: Voodoo was not "brought" to French Colonies. It was brought by the French and Scottish Colonists to their African Slaves and included elements of Romany culture. It is a French Word. Vodou pronounced as "v oʊ d uː in French. It was also written as Voodoo in English. It is Not and never was an African Word. It is also rooted in the Norse Germanic sources for the Supreme God or Ruling God called such as Vodan/Wodan, and simply meant in origin "spirit."
Its earliest known sources only date back to around the 1800's as Voodoo while Hoodoo is found to originate from Pictish Scotland and dates
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The Facts that you do not have to like but are true
Fact: Voodoo was not "brought" to French Colonies. It was brought by the French and Scottish Colonists to their African Slaves and included elements of Romany culture. It is a French Word. Vodou pronounced as "v oʊ d uː in French. It was also written as Voodoo in English. It is Not and never was an African Word. It is also rooted in the Norse Germanic sources for the Supreme God or Ruling God called such as Vodan/Wodan, and simply meant in origin "spirit."
Its earliest known sources only date back to around the 1800's as Voodoo while Hoodoo is found to originate from Pictish Scotland and dates
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Date: 2013-08-01 04:49 am (UTC)