Voodoo vs Houngan - What's the difference?
voodoo | houngan |
A religion of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin.
Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
(pejorative) Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
(dated) One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.
* 1889 , Longman's Magazine (volume 14, page 557)
A male voodoo priest in Haiti.
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 5, author=Marc Lacey, title=A U.S.-Trained Entrepreneur Becomes Voodoo’s Pope, work=New York Times
, passage=Most voodoo priests, known as houngans , operate semi-independently, catering to their followers without much structure. }}
As nouns the difference between voodoo and houngan
is that voodoo is a religion of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin while houngan is a male voodoo priest in Haiti.As a verb voodoo
is to bewitch someone or something using voodoo.voodoo
English
(wikipedia voodoo)Noun
- I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo .
- So a reporter of the Boston Herald (U.S.) has 'interviewed' a few local Voodoos . He has seen a dance round a boiling pot, seen some tomfoolery with spiders, and heard a lot of superstitious nonsense.
Alternative forms
* (religion of Africa or the Americas) vodoun, voudoun, vodun, voudou, VoodooSynonyms
* (religion) voodooismDerived terms
* voodoo death * voodoo doll * voodoo economics * voodooism * voodooist * voodoo programming * voodoo scienceSee also
* hoodoo * (Haitian Vodou) * (West African Vodun) ----houngan
English
Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia houngan)citation
