veve
veve noun: any of various symbols, like line diagrams, that have religious significance in voodoo, serving as a representation of the loa.
Noun
veve (plural veves)
- Any of various symbols, like line diagrams, that have religious significance in voodoo, serving as a representation of the loa.
- The vever, as a cabbala-like method of invoking the gods, was included as a primary ceremonial device in Rada.1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 69
- The vèvè for Simbi, lord of healing, bristles with all sorts of allusions to the Kongo medicines of God, leaves, horns, water, and stars.1995, Robert Farris Thompson, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 103
Forms of veve
| plural | veves |
|---|---|
| alternative form | vévé |
| alternative form | vèvè |
| alternative form | vever |
Origin of veve
From Haitian Creole vèvè, from Portuguese viver (“to live”).
Questions about veve
- What does veve mean?
- Veve means any of various symbols, like line diagrams, that have religious significance in voodoo, serving as a representation of the loa.
- What part of speech is veve?
- Veve is a noun.
- What is the plural of veve?
- The plural of veve is veves.
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