Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in HaitiPrentice Hall Press, 1991 - 303 pages Beautiful, bizarre, dangerous, exotic; a Garden of Eden fallen into disrepair. This is Herbert Gold's Haiti. In this impassioned memoir, he reflects on the country's history and folklore, its people and politics, capturing the essence of this land where tragedy is the music to which the people dance. |
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... Damballa , the great snake god , chief among equals in the voodoo pantheon , painted with stripes and stars . Jesus bon , mais Damballa puissant . Jesus is good , but Damballa is powerful . Ambivalence toward power - holders runs deep ...
... Damballa , the great snake god , chief among equals in the voodoo pantheon , painted with stripes and stars . Jesus bon , mais Damballa puissant . Jesus is good , but Damballa is powerful . Ambivalence toward power - holders runs deep ...
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... Damballa Ouedo . " " Unblessed you cannot see Damballa ! Too much for mortal eyes ! " " But I'm to die anyway , so what harm is there ? " The priest appreciated the logic . He shrugged and unrolled the portrait of the great snake god ...
... Damballa Ouedo . " " Unblessed you cannot see Damballa ! Too much for mortal eyes ! " " But I'm to die anyway , so what harm is there ? " The priest appreciated the logic . He shrugged and unrolled the portrait of the great snake god ...
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... Damballa Ouedo , the great snake god , I had seen in a voodoo temple . But it wasn't parchment , it was goatskin , with bits of hair still clinging to it . My dear colleague admitted that the wrinkles and cracks might give us trouble ...
... Damballa Ouedo , the great snake god , I had seen in a voodoo temple . But it wasn't parchment , it was goatskin , with bits of hair still clinging to it . My dear colleague admitted that the wrinkles and cracks might give us trouble ...
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Chapter Three LoupgarousWerewolvesHobgoblins | 37 |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | 51 |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | 69 |
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