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spellings Vodoun, Voudoun, or Vodun,
while in
French the
spellings vaudou or
vaudoux also appear. The
spelling Voodoo, once common, is now
generally avoided...
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Oxford English Dictionary draws attention to the
similar French word,
Vaudoux.
Deren died in 1961, at the age of 44 from a
brain hemorrhage,
which has...
- Periphrase, lit. 'very good'.
Valde survived as the
first element of OFr.
vaudoux and vaupute. PR. */ˈbɔnu/ OFr. buen, bon Fr. bon Occ. bon Cat. bo Sp. bueno...
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provided the
first written description of some of the
secret practices of "
vaudoux" (voodoo). He
later wrote a
vivid account of his
travels in the po****r...
- In a time when the
religion was outlawed, she may have also
acted as a
vaudoux queen. The
terms kaperlata and hospitalière were
variously used to encomp****...
