:Kalfu

{{Short description|Haitian Vodou deity}}

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| name = Kalfu

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| venerated_in = Haitian Vodou, Folk Catholicism, Voodoo Makaya, Voodoo American, Voodoo louisiania

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| attributes = Rum, gunpowder, red, black, bulls, snakes, 7 tree leaves

| patronage = Crossroads, misfortune, destruction, sorcery

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Kalfu{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qiJoEAOGmYkC|title=Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook|editor=Alvarado, Denise|page=51|year=2001|isbn=9781609256159|publisher=Red Wheel Weiser|accessdate=16 April 2021}}{{efn|alternative spellings include Kalfou, Carrefour, Maître Carrefour,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5HYFR1nytycC|title=Hoodoo Mysteries Folk Magic, Mysticism & Rituals|editor=Malbrough, Ray T.|page=21|year=2003|publisher=Llewellyn Publications|isbn=9780738703503|accessdate=15 April 2021}} or Mait' Carrefour}} (literally crossroads) is a lwa in Haitian Vodou.{{cite web

| title =Met Kalfou

| url = https://kiwimojo.com/home/haitian-vodou/the-lwa/the-petro-lwa/met-kalfou/

| website = Kiwimojo

| access-date =2024-10-29 }} He is often envisioned as a young man or as a enigmatic spirit; his color is black or red and he favors rum infused with gunpowder. He is often syncretized with the Shadow.

As his name indicates, he also controls the crossroads and has the power to grant or deny access to all other lwa, or spirits, and he allows the "crossing" with an understanding into the nature of chaos and creation, good and misfortune, and injustices.Corbett, Bob. "Haiti: Short List of Loa." Haiti: Short List of Loa. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2013. [http://www2.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/voodoo/shortlist.htm Webster.edu]