Papa Legba

Papa Legba is the most important Loa in the Voodoo religion and acts as the gatekeeper that allows practitioners to communicate and interact with the Loa. He is the Deity of crossroads and controls the gates between our world and the spirit world. Therefore, he is the first invoked in ritual. He is mostly associated with stray dogs. He looks like an old black man with crutches. Legba's symbols include a straw hat and a pipe with tobacco.