Yet the human spirit needs a relationship of salvific proximity, of easy access to the Supreme Being. And since creatures manifest the Creator, man finds sacred forces in certain phenomena or situations that are beyond his understanding. It is through this vision of the world that Vodun emerges.
For the people of South Benin, Mawu is good, but he does not concern himself directly with man; he is omnipotent but has delegated his power to the Vodun(s).
Hence the Vodun(s), recognized as Mawu’s creatures, according to the Fon expression "Mawu wê do Vodun lê",
are Mawu’s representatives among men, signs of the divinity’s
immanence in response to the spiritual desires of mankind.
In this
sense, Vodun designates all that is sacred, all power coming
from the invisible world to influence the world of the living,
everything that is mysterious.
For this reason, it is explicitly
distinct from Mawu. But we find that there is no actual worship of the
latter in the tradition, except certain spontaneous prayers or
references such as "Mawu na blo" (God will act), "Kpê Mawu ton" (may God decide thus) used on different occasions.
The Vodun(s)
receive the worship because of their proximity to man compared to
Mawu. Divine qualities are attributed to them, characterised as the
spirits they are considered to be above all natural laws.
All these
attributes are the work of Mawu. Examining the internal dynamics of
the Vodun pantheon will give a clearer idea of the dependent relationship the Vodun(s) have with Mawu.
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