Welcome Damballah, it's always good to have another female join our ranks. Do you mind sharing the meaning of your name?
Thank you Ruth.
Damballah is a Haitian god, brought over from Africa, and like most of their gods, linked with Christianity to make them more acceptable to the missionaries, while retaining their cultural roots.
I like it because of some of the links to other mythologies - the Australian Rainbow Serpent, which also seems to have some links with the Chinese dragon mythology. I also like it because damballah is immortal, and I feel that whenever I take on something new, I take on a new life, so ...
Being a newbie myself, I suppose I can't really welcome others, but I would like to, especially the ladies. I've been travelling and used my phone to look at the forum, so it has been too hard to write, but I did notice that there were not a lot of posts from women. Is this because there are not many women on the forum? The more the merrier!