Bawon
Haitian Vodou · deity · Haitian Vodou traditional religion; continuing · deity
HE IS THE FIGURE THE ALIAS LIST WAS STANDING IN FOR. The sources name Bawon as a lwa with three aspects, and the corpus held one of those aspects with the other two folded into its alt list - so the shared figure had no record and two of the three aspects had no existence. Authored as a distinct record rather than merged into Bawon Samdi, because the source's own construction is one lwa with three named stations.
Domains
- death
- the graveyard
- the gede
Relations
- has aspect: Bawon Samdi
- has aspect: Baron La Croix
- has aspect: Baron Cimetière
- of the master magicians with: Mèt Kalfou
Sources
- Reference treatment of the Gede: the Gede are the family of lwa associated with ancestor veneration in Haitian Vodou, representing the powers of death and fertility, and they are the largest family of lwa in the religion; they are closely associated with the lwa Bawon, whose aspects are Bawon Samdi, Baron Saturday, ruler of the graveyard; Baron La Croix, Baron of the Cross, guardian of the gravestone; and Baron Cimetière, Bawon Simitye, Baron of the Cemetery, guardian of the grave and part of the Gede nation; Gede Nibo is the lwa who leads the spirits of the dead, and among the Gede some are respected, old, wise and rare, such as Brav Gede Nibo.