Talk:Loa
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Hi there, I think the Link "Pie" links to the wrong page !?
- Fixed. However, as I know nothing about the loa in question, do you feel like populating that page? Deborah-jl 13:36, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Archetypal forms
I removed the passage "Also, unlike other Western gods, they are not easily categorised into archetypal forms." It is in direct contradiction with this passage on the page of Mambo Racine Sans Bout:
Many lwa are archetypal figures represented in many cultures. For example, Erzulie Freda is a love goddess comparable to Venus, Legba is a lwa of communication comparable to Hermes or Mercury.
Graf Bobby 21:49, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Arcticle: naming consistency
In the article, the forms lwa and loa are mixed. For example, section titles use lwa and the text below says loa'. WP articles should be consistent, so one form should be chosen and used consistently throughuout the article, while other should be mentioned, like any other alternative form should be. I won't do it since I'm not sure WHICH form should I retain. The article is named "Loa" though, and it is the widely recognized form. However, I cannot be sure if the "Lwa" form is perhaps more correct. --arny (talk) 18:38, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
I went ahead and changed "lwa" to "loa" throughout, because that seems to be the standard naming convention used in other Wikipedia article. Plus, Googling for "loa" and "voodoo" generates 140,000 results to only 20,000 for "lwa" and "voodoo." 76.27.211.75 (talk) 07:20, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
