: ''In the
West African Vodun religion, Sobo (alternative name: Grande Sobo) is a soldier-
loa who rules over thunder.
Sobo is a spirit or
loa in
Haitian Vodou
Haitian Vodou is an African diasporic religion that developed in Haiti between the 16th and 19th centuries. It arose through a process of syncretism between several traditional religions of West and Central Africa and Roman Catholicism. There is ...
. He is the loa of thunder and is always depicted and served with his inseparable companion/brother
Bade, who is the loa of wind. Together they are represented by the
Catholic image of
Saints Cosmas and Damian
Cosmas and Damian ( ar, قُزما ودميان, translit=Qozma wa Demyaan; grc-gre, Κοσμᾶς καὶ Δαμιανός, translit=Kosmás kai Damianós; la, Cosmas et Damianus; AD) were two Arab physicians in the town Cyrrhus, and were r ...
. He is probably
West African in origin and a flaming ram is his symbol.
[Torres, Rafael Agustí. "Loas y Vèvès del Vudú", p. 39 (in Spanish)]
References
Haitian Vodou gods
Thunder gods
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