Bossou is the bull god of Haitian religion.  He belongs to the Petwo nation, an indigenously Haitian category of hot and violent divinities .  He is often associated with war and fighting and is not a very reliable Lwa.  Each of his three horns has a meaning: strength, wildness, and violence.  Here he is depicted with anthropomorphic facial features.  Cultural historians associate him with the spirit of the deceased Dahomean King Tegbessou.