When he shed his skin in the sun, releasing all the waters over the land, the sun shone in the water and created the rainbow. Damballah loved the rainbow's beauty and made her his wife, Aida-Wedo.
The revelations of the loa descended upon the first faithful in Ifé, a legendary city located in West Africa. Therefore, everything in life and all spiritual strength comes from Ifé. The homeland of all vodoun devotees, where Ifé is located, is Ginen, from where they were forced to flee in the African Diaspora. In death, the higher soul will return to Ginen to reside with the loa and the ancestral spirits. Because of this, all practitioners of vodoun refer to themselves as ti guinin, sons or daughters of Ginen.
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