Papa Legba is a lwa, or loa, in West African Vodun and its diasporic derivatives (Dominican Republic Vudú, Haitian Vodou, Louisiana Voodoo, and Winti), who serves as the intermediary between God and humanity.

He usually appears as an old man on a crutch or with a cane, wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat and smoking a pipe, or drinking dark rum.

[3] He is often tasked with babysitting and distracting children (a typical male role in the matrilineal religion) while more serious rituals are being performed by the adults.

The Danish band Volbeat features what appears to be a cartoon interpretation of Papa Legba in their 2017 animated video for "The Black Rose."

Papa Legba is a recurring character in American Horror Story, appearing in the third and eighth season, as a gatekeeper of the afterlife.

In the 2024 Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Movies (SPUMM) film Kraven the Hunter, the titular protagonist (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) develops supernatural abilities after receiving a potion allegedly derived from the traditional spiritual scholarship of Papa Legba by the grandmother of the film's primary female protagonist, Calypso (Ariana DeBose).