Papa Damballah Papa Danbala Painting Voodoo Real Snake Skin Vodou

$60.00

Damballa, also spelled Damballah is one of the most important of all loa, spirits in Haitian Vodou and Louisiana Voodoo traditions. He is portrayed as a great white serpent, originating in the city of Wedo (Whydah or Ouidah) in modern-day Benin. Damballa is said to be the Sky Father and the primordial creator of all life, or the first thing created by Gran Met. In those Vodou societies that view Damballa as the primordial creator, he created the cosmos by using his 7,000 coils to form the stars and the planets in the heavens and to shape the hills and valleys on earth.
Damballa is seen as benevolent and patient, wise and kind, yet detached and removed from the trials and tribulations of daily, human life. His very presence brings peace, and he represents a continuum which is "at once the ancient past and the assurance of the future."As a serpent, and due to his extreme age, he does not speak, but may whistle or make a soft, hissing sound."

This painting is done with acrylics and is imbued with real shed snakeskin from one of Zehara's Ball Pythons. A photo of the snake from which the shed is from will be included in the purchase.

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