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Everybody pays, everybody suffers.
~ Papa Legba

Papa Legba is a supporting antagonist in American Horror Story: Coven and American Horror Story: Apocalypse. He is the gatekeeper of the spirit world, as well as the god of travel, opportunity and luck.

He was portrayed by the late Lance Reddick, who also portrayed Jack Bernard in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Sylens in Horizon, and Thordak in The Legend of Vox Machina.

Role and Powers[]

Papa Legba's role in American Horror Story is mainly to acquire as many souls as he can. He is based off of the character from Haitian Voodoo, who is also called Papa Legba.

He shows several uses of powers in the show:

  • He can detect whether or not a person has a soul, this is shown when he revokes the deal with Fiona Goode claiming she has no soul.
  • He seems to be able to teleport wherever he wants, shown when he is summoned and in Queenie's hell when he appeared in the restaurant.
  • He is show to control minds when Marie Laveau refuses to torture in Hell, yet she is apparently brainwashed into doing it anyway.

Personality[]

Being the gatekeeper of the spirit world, Papa Legba seems to be always interested in acquiring souls, regardless of who they're from. He was willing to make a deal with Fiona Goode for her soul despite her being vain and murderous, but revoked the deal when he found that she, 'had no soul'. Yet once he successfully makes a deal for someone's soul, Papa Legba delights in tormenting his victims into sacrificing innocent souls for him.

Despite his often antagonistic and somewhat sadistic personality; Papa Legba is an honest individual. He explained clearly and honestly his terms of granting immortality to Fiona when she asked for details. Furthermore he meticulously explained the dynamics of Marie and Delphine's immortality to Queenie while also praising her for her sharp mind and powerful magic in being able to enter and exit the spirit world successfully.

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Trivia[]

  • This adaptation of Papa Legba seems to be roughly based on the crossroads demon from popular urban legends:
    • Both request the souls of children.
    • Both grant diabolical favors to the bargainer.
    • Both request their souls in exchange.
    • Both tales end with the bargainer being damned for eternity.
  • Despite being named after the Voodoo Loa Papa Legba, this character has more in common with Baron Samedi, the Ghede of Death and Lust. However, Samedi has been used regularly as a character in fiction so the producers of the show likely wanted to use a different name.
    • In real-life Voodoo liturgy, Papa Legba must be called upon before and after any ceremony to guide the spirits summoned in a ritual back and forth to the spirit world. Along with his role of Gatekeeper to the Spirit World, in Voodoo denominations, Papa Lebgba is also the patron of travel, opportunity, and luck.

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           Ecran Titre d'American Horror Story Villains

Murder House
Langdon Family (Tate Langdon | Constance Langdon | Michael Langdon) | Larry Harvey | Hayden McClaine | Moira O'Hara | Charles Montgomery | Infantata | Bianca Forest | R. Franklin | Fiona | The Devil

Asylum
Sister Jude | Bloody Face (Dr. Oliver Thredson | Johnny Morgan | Imposters) | The Devil | Dr. Arthur Arden | Timothy Howard | Leigh Emerson | Jenny Reynolds | Aliens

Coven
Fiona Goode | Marie Laveau | Madison Montgomery | Delphine LaLaurie | The Axeman | Hank Foxx | Spalding | Papa Legba | Minotaur | Joan Ramsey | Archie Brener | Alicia Spencer

Freak Show
Elsa Mars | Bette and Dot Tattler | Dandy Mott | Stanley | Maggie Esmerelda | Dell Toledo | Twisty the Clown | Chester Creb | Edward Mordrake | Rita Gayheart | Larry Gayheart | Hans Gruper | Penny's Father

Hotel
The Countess | James Patrick March | Ten Commandments Killer | Sally McKenna | Hazel Evers | Ramona Royale | Addiction Demon | Richard Ramirez | Jeffrey Dahmer | Aileen Wuornos | John Wayne Gacy | Charles Montgomery

Roanoke
Shelby Miller | The Butcher | Polk Family | Agnes Mary Winstead | Scáthach

Cult
Ally Mayfair-Richards | FIT (Kai Anderson | Ivy Mayfair-Richards | Beverly Hope | Harrison Wilton | Meadow Wilton | Gary Longstreet | Jack Samuels) | Winter Anderson | Babe Babbitt | Twisty the Clown

Apocalypse
Cooperative (Michael Langdon | Miriam Mead | Dinah Stevens | Wilhemina Venable | Jeff Pfister | Mutt Nutter | The Devil) | Langdon Family (Tate Langdon | Constance Langdon) | Madison Montgomery | Ariel Augustus | James Patrick March | Moira O'Hara | Papa Legba | Delphine LaLaurie | Marie Laveau

1984
Mr. Jingles | Margaret Booth | Richard Ramirez | Montana Duke | Donna Chambers | Bruce | Lavinia Richter | The Devil

Double Feature
Part 1: Red Tide
The Chemist | Ursula Khan | Belle Noir | Austin Sommers | Alma Gardener | Lark Feldman | Flesh Phantom

Part 2: Death Valley
Aliens (Theta | Valiant Thor)

NYC
Big Daddy | Mr. Whitely | Sam


American Horror Stories
Season 1
Rubber (Wo)man: Scarlett Winslow | Ruby McDaniel | Maya | Adam | Tony Peterson | Infantata
Drive In: Verna | Larry Bitterman
The Naughty List: Santa
Ba'al: Ba'al| Matt Webb| Bernadette
Feral: Ferals
Game Over: Scarlett Winslow | Ruby McDaniel
Season 2
Dollhouse: Mr. Van Wirt | Spalding
Aura: Bryce Taylor
Drive: Marci | Chaz
Milkmaids: Pastor Walter | Thomas Browne
Bloody Mary: Bloody Mary | Elise | Mami Wata
Facelift: Dr. Enid Perle | Cassie Brooks
Necro: Sam | Charlie
Lake: Jeffrey Prescott | Wrede Prescott

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