The Probert Encyclopaedia of Voodoo Mythology

LEGBA

In Fon mythology, Legba is the youngest son of Lisa and Mawu. He is the god of fate. In Voodoo,
Legba is one of the two gods who open the road to the spirit world. He is depicted as an old man leaning on a stick which he uses to prop up the universe. He wanders the world smoking his pipe and carrying a sun shade and is to be found anywhere the road of life forks.
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