met tet

alternative maît-tête · alternative mèt tèt

1. voodooThe loa with whom a Vodouisant has a particular connection, and with whom they specially identify.

   Outside Haiti, where Vodou ceremonies are held less frequently and possession is an aberration, not a commonplace, it is more difficult to determine which lwa is your met tet.

   2006, Kenaz Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook

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   While his physical heritage may show resemblance to one parent or the other, in infancy, his deities, including the maît-tête, become manifest only with maturity and establish their special position.

   1953, Maya Daren, The Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 71

   The Vodou system of identifying each person's mèt tèt amounts to a method for personality typing, and this system is of great significance for understanding the moral force field of Haitian Vodou.

   2000, Nancy M. Martin, Joseph Runzo, The Meaning of Life in the World's Religions, page 241