Religion: Vodoun houngan 
Name: Papa Jaranda
Other Names: Jaranda
Classification:
villain
clergy/religious leader
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Werewolf by Night (vol. 1) #33 (Sep. 1975): "Wolf-Beast Vs. Moon Knight"
Creators: Doug Moench, Don Perlin, Howie Perlin
Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes
Number of Appearances: 3
Nation: Haiti
Race: black
Gender: male
Papa Jaranda is the great-grandfather of Raymond Coker, a neighbor and friend of Jack Russell (Werewolf By Night).
Coker went to Haiti to talk to a Vodoun houngan (priestess) named Jessalla of the Thousand Years. While there, his cousin Banita told him about how Papa Jaranda, who had died thirty-two years before, came from the jungle and took her parents. Jessalla explained that zuvembies (zombies) had returned to Haiti. Papa Jaranda, it seems, had been restored to a semblance of life as a zombie.
It is eventually revealed in Werewolf by Night (vol. 1) #s 40-41 that Dr. Glitternight brought Papa Jaranda back as a zuvembie (zombie).
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Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://www.comicvine.com/werewolf-by-night-33-wolf-beast-vs-moon-knight/4000-15605/
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/janjaz.htm
- http://marvel.wikia.com/Werewolf_by_Night_Vol_1_33
- https://www.comics.org/issue/29028/