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Folk Magic Beliefs

From Africa, to The Caribbean and elsewhere…a look into Voodoo, Santeria and other Ancient beliefs, many STILL practised.

Body Hopping

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/body-hopping 1st Jan 2023 - 'Body Hopping'' is a Belief of some Folk Magic Religions and Practices, by which (it is believed), a Person's Soul or an ''outside Spirit'' can ''jump …

Voodoo Death

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/voodoo-death 31st Dec 2022 - ''Voodoo Death'' is an ideology – followed by some, in which The Folk Magic and Belief in Voodoo can actually kill or make a person so ill, they …

Sami Drum

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/sami-drum 31st Dec 2022 - The Sami Peoples of Ancient Finland, were Paganistic and Folk Magic Practitioners. They believed that specially constructed Drums, used in various Cer …

Chepi

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/chepi 29th Dec 2022 - The Narragansett Native American Tribe of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut (US), identify ‘’Chepi’’ as a Class of S …

Umm Nyolokh

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/umm-nyolokh 29th Dec 2022 - As We have seen previously, the Igbo Peoples of Nigeria (Africa) – have a rather complicated Mythos regarding Ghosts or Spirits. Likewise, Anima …

Madre De Aguas

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/madre-de-aguas 28th Dec 2022 - The Madre de Aguas or ''Mother of Waters'' is a Protective Spirit (Loa) found in Caribbean (Cuban) Culture. The Madre de Aguas is portrayed in two for …

''Gizo''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/gizo 28th Dec 2022 - The Haitian Culture, which claims links to West African Religious Beliefs and it's Mythology – has many Deities that are described as ''Spider G …

Marae

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/marae 28th Dec 2022 - In New Zealand, among The Maori as well as some Tahitian Cultures, a Marae was a sacred location in which ceremonies were held to honor The Gods and A …

Corpse Powder

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/corpse-powder 28th Dec 2022 - The Native American Navajo Tribe believed that some forms of ''Demonic or Spiritual'' Possession could only be cured thru extreme magical measure. Med …

Daffy's Elixir

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/daffys-elixir 28th Dec 2022 - Dating to the 1680s, ''Daffy's Elixir'' was perhaps one of the first examples of Medical ''Quakery'' formulas marketed to ''cure all'' ill effects suf …

Marie Laveau

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/marie-laveau 28th Dec 2022 -  A name that STILL carries "power" even today, Marie Laveau is often called The Grandmother of Voodoo" in America.regardless if the "Title" is wa …

''Baka''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/baka 27th Dec 2022 - The Baka is from Haiti. Akin to both Zombie and Ghoul - they are horrible humanoid creatures. It is said that when they were "human" The Baka was eith …