Vant — belly of entry
Embodied appetite and possession intensity
The belly is rendered as the visceral site where possession may be felt as force, appetite, heat, or inward movement. Describing a lwa as entering or riding a person is ritual language; the point does not identify a literal stomach compartment for spirits.
Point 5 of 7 in Haitian Vodou — Lwa Possession Body Sites
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Alfred Métraux, Voodoo in Haiti (scholarly_modern)
Possession narratives and ritual descriptions support the belly as a phenomenological site of visceral change; this is not presented as a fixed anatomy.
Karen McCarthy Brown, Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn (scholarly_modern)
The ethnography records bodily sensation, appetite, force, and changed conduct around spirit work, supporting the cautious belly rendering.