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Tell me about your favorite weird gods

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@mawr Pomba, or Pomba Gira is "weird" only in that she shows up only in Candomble. (She comes up in Umbanda too, because she's sexy, though I think of her less as about sex, more as a protector). None of the other Afro-Carribean religions. She's an Exu, so her ileke is red and black; she's a goddess of prostitutes, but also bankers and Brazil's Roma (presumably banker was a little more about vulnerability in other cultures and points).

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