Much like we humans have to have a place of residence for ourselves,
each of these entities created a planet as their respective place
of residence in this Galaxy.
NAN-NAN BOUCLOU's spirit built and permeated URANUS
GRANDE BRIGITTE...............................................PLUTO
BARON SAMEDI.....................................................SATURN
PAPA HOGOUN GBA DJAH GHEE (or Badagri)....JUPITER
AGUAE T�ARROYO..................................................NEPTUNE
PAPA ALLEH GBA DJAH (or Papa Legba)..............SUN
DAMBALLAH...........................................................MERCURY
PAPA ADAM IBO LOCO (or Papa Loco or Adam)...EARTH
AHIZAN EVE LEKETEE(or Mam'Ahizan or Eve)......MOON
HOGOUN FERRAILLE..............................................MARS
ERZULIE d'HANTOR................................................VENUS
As anyone can see, all these entities are related to each other.
They all live in this Galaxy called the Milky Way and they run it
as a family corporation or Galactic Kingdom. Their form of government
is dynastic. This means that the ruler's son succeeds his father when
he decides to retire.
Nan-nan Bouclou (A.K.A Symbi-En-Deux-Eaux) was the first king of The
Milky Way Galaxy. His son Baron Samedi succeeded him. Hogoun Badagri succeeded Baron
Samedi (his father) and, before retiring, he granted the throne to his son Alleh Gbah Djah. Shortly after his
ascension to the galactic throne, Alleh Gba Djah decided to move the seat of his
kingdom to Earth. After making the necessary arrangements,
he reigned on Earth
as
a highly feared king still remembered today (if only atavistically) as "PAP'ALLEH GBA AVADRA, BON ROI".
Over the years, across the land, throughout the earth's diverse peoples,
cultures, spoken languages and varying degrees of perception and understanding,
our celestial ancestors' identities/faces/names have become quite blurry;
but their collective history is pretty much the SAME all over the world.
In a contemporary context, one may cite (as an example) the case of Peter
who is a well traveled, multilingual merchant seaman. Depending on the
country he is traveling at the moment, he may be greeted alternatively as:
Pierre, Pedro, Pete, Piais; not to mention the affectionate nicknames like:
Ti-Piais, El Padrino, Pepe, Ti-P�t�, Piais L'orage, Jean-Piais Tonnerre,
Pierrin�, Paix-paix, etc... The same has happened to our celestial
ancestors: they are known under slightly different names in accordance with
geographical, linguistic and cultural variance. Here are just some of the
names by which they are known throughout the world.
NAN-NAN BOUCLOU: Nun, Num, Neph, Brahma, Ouranos, Uranus, Ymir, Symbi-En-Deux-Eaux, Symbi-Nan-d'l'Eau
GRANDE BRIGITTE: Naunet, Nana Buluku, Sekhmet, Auka, Saraswati, Goddess Irkalla, Gaia, THE MOTHER GODDESS (The Maiden, The Mother, The Crone), Goddess Hel, Isis Urania or Gheddeh Z'araign�e, Brigid, Pluto
BARON SAMEDI: Ptah, Shiva, Kronos, Saturn, Father Time, Bori
HOGOUN GBA JAH GHEE (or Hogoun Badagri): Amun, Amon, Amen, Vishnu, Zeus, Jupiter, Jove, Jovah, Jehovah, Jah Obeah, Yahweh
PAP'ALLEH GBA DJAH (or Papa Legba): Ra, (Ra-Ra), Mithra, Allah, Apollo, Helios, Sol, Sun, Baldr, Dynaus, DYAUS (sky-god, shining god, sun-god), Dios, Deus, Dieu, Diva, Divain, Divine
GRANDE ERZULIE (or Grande Alloubah): Neith, Nasil�l�, Allumba, Ursa, Ursula
ERZULIE d'HANTOR: Nephthys of Hathor, Aphrodite, Venus
PAPA ADAM IBO LOCO (or Papa Loco): Atum, Atom, ADAM , OSIRIS, Adonis, Mahu Gba Djah, Earth, Maitre Grand-Bois
MAMAH ISAN YEHVEH LEKETEH (or Mam'ahisan): Yehveh, EVE , ISIS, Artemise, Moon, Diana, Hecate, Luna, Embla, Lillith, Lisa Gba Djah, Erzulie Freda; Ida of Ejo or Ahida Wheddo, Iris, Iduna.
As already mentioned above, by the time Papa Legba retreated back to the original seat of his Galactic
Realm, Papa Loco and Mamah'Isan were crowned king and queen of Earth. At once, Papa Loco became
both LOCO ATI SOGOUEH the ("Hougan")
High Priest (the moral/spiritual leader) and ATIDAM IBO LOCOS' IRIS whose name literally
means "The One left with a Scepter to Rule and to keep an Eye on Earth's Mankind", the Terrestrial King,
The Overseer of Earth. As High Priest, he acted as a living ("poteau-mitan")
conduit through which the divine powers of the universe would be made available to mankind.
As king, he was the patron of a Golden Age through which flourishing
agriculture, justice, wisdom, perfection and the arts of civilization were upheld. He traveled far and wide
to civilize the Earth as a whole. Mamah'Isan reigned in his absence and the land continued to prosper.
Wherever he went on his travels, he always ended up persuading the people of that locale to give up
shiftlessness, anarchy and barbarism. Instead he taught them the then novel art of agriculture, the
pleasures of music, art appreciation and a righteous lifestyle. As not to alarm them, he traveled
incognito and never told anyone that he was a king or the son of a divine being. In areas where a ruler
was already in place, he would simply identify himself as "Cousin Zacka" and give them the benefit of
his expertise in Agronomy. In other areas where no ruler was present, he would assume temporary
leadership and identify himself as "Azacka Gouelieh, Minister of Agriculture, Deputy (or Envoy,
Delegate) of Queen Ahizan Eve Leketeh". He then would instruct them in matters like how to tend and
cultivate corn and fruit-trees, how to train and nurse the vine, how to use a plow, a sickle, how to engage
in peaceful yet fulfilling occupations. He was the first to inspire mankind with an interest in living in settled
communities, in organizing their own locale and maintaining law, order, justice and righteousness in these
communities. He extended the art of farming, commerce, virtuous and social interaction to most distant
lands. His success and popularity were growing on Earth like wild fire. Temples and statues were being
erected everywhere in his honor (under the various names that he had assumed) and his tale is still
being told to this day. In that Golden Age which he spread across the Earth, the forces of Nature began
to be tamed through agriculture. Civilization caught on and everyone was so congenial that they
greeted each other as "cousin" or "cuz".
However, Papa Loco's youngest brother coveted his power and attractiveness. So he, too,
went on a campaign by which he acquired many allies during Papa Loco's absence, and began
plotting to overthrow the Earth's Patriarch/King/High Priest. Having good knowledge of
Trigonometry, he once took Papa Loco's body's measurement from his cast shadow and
ordered a chest made to fit his elder brother's exact size. Then, when it was announced that
Papa Loco would return from one of his frequent expeditions, his youngest brother
organized a banquet in his honor. When everyone was seated for the festivities, they
all admired that beautiful chest which had been made of fragrant and diversified wood.
They all expressed their desire to own such a wonder. So, the younger brother announced that
the chest would belong to anyone who could fit in it perfectly. Everyone tried in vain
until it was Papa Loco's turn. He fit in the chest just as Cinderella fit her fabulous glass slipper.
The chest had a secret mechanism designed to slam itself shut and locked as soon as the perfect
fit occurred. So, Papa Loco thus became the victim of a treacherous coup
and was rapidly carried away by some of his younger brother's crew of seventy-two military accomplices.
They threw the coffer in the ocean on his orders. They also seized the queen Mamah'Izan
and enslaved her in a spinning-mill.
She eventually escaped when she learned that
Papa Loco had drowned in the chest which was flung in the ocean and carried abroad by
strong currents. She embarked on a quest for his body and wandered throughout the world,
asking questions, until she heard that a chest had drifted someplace where a tamarind had
grown around it and enveloped it in its trunk. She went to that place only to find that
the tree had been cut down and its trunk was set up as a pillar
in the governor's house. She revealed her identity to the "chef-section" (governor) and requested to have the chest removed from the pillar. Her request having been granted, Mamah'Isan opened the chest, got the body out of it and began applying a process somewhat similar to mouth to mouth resuscitation which brought about THE FAMOUS RESURECTION OF PAPA LOCO. On their journey back to reclaim their throne, they settled temporarily in a swamp.
But one night, while the usurper was hunting boars by moonlight, he came across Papa Loco and Mamah'Isan asleep in the swamp. He fiercely jumped on his elder brother, mutilated his body into fourteen pieces and scattered them all over the swamp. Mamah'Isan looked for the scattered pieces, gathered them together with the skillful help of Gueddeh Nibbo (The Embalmer) and buried the mummified body on an island which is mythically remembered today as "Grand-Bois-Islet".
Since the end of his terrestrial life, Papa Loco's spiritual essence has been busy in the woods as "Maitre Grand-Bois" to examine the novice's worthiness/readiness for Initiation into The Great Mysteries of Life.
As the mentor of the shamanistic doctor, herbalist, homeopath, he inspires him with
the correct herbal treatment for each ailment. He is also the one who, in his Underground
Paradise called The Judgment Hall of the Dead, conducts the evaluation of deceased non-initiates' terrestrial deeds in life
before sending them to Maman Brigitte's limbo (or "purgatory") to await yet another chance at rebirth (reincarnation) until they "get it right" and become a bona fide, pure, enlightened "loa" (soul).
Since Papa Loco's betrayal, overthrow and assassination by his envious younger brother, Earth as a whole has never been the same. The land had become parched and infertile. War, confusion, greed, blatant exploitation, cruelty, stupidity, division, bitterness, malice, insolence, mischief, dishonesty, injustice, terror, destruction and insecurity have become prevalent.
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