A vodu of the sea and lagoon-shore of the water-pantheon. The descriptive title leads name.primary; the Gbe name Avlekete (Avrekete) stands in alt/etymology. Sex recorded female (the original West African spirit; some Diaspora traditions make Avrekete male). Parentage variously reported (junior of Agbe/Naete or of Sogbo), neither parent authored here — see SOLITARY flag. Typed deity. Authored as firmly attested per the task option; documented for the Gbe complex by Herskovits (1938) with the coastal sea-cult noted by Ellis (1890).