Bawon

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 SamdiNON-SYMMETRIC. Bawon Samdi is a pre-existing record and nothing is written onto it; THIS BATCH DID EDIT HIS ALIAS LIST, which is stated in the header and in the census rather than buried here.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. (secondary)
• has aspect: Baron La CroixIn-batch and reciprocated.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. (secondary)
• has aspect: Baron CimetièreIn-batch and reciprocated.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. (secondary)
• of the master magicians with: Mèt KalfouNON-SYMMETRIC, to a record lane 28 created. THE EDGE LANE 28 COULD NOT DRAW: its source counts Gran Bwa, Kalfou and Baron together among the master magicians of the lwa, and Kalfou's record says outright that no edge was drawn 'because which Baron the source means is exactly what the alias list has made unanswerable'. With Bawon a record, it is answerable, and the edge is drawn.Reference treatment of Gran Bwa: Grand Bois, 'great wood', also Grans Bwa, Bran Bwa and Ganga-Bois, is an elemental, nature-oriented lwa closely associated with trees, plants and herbs in Haitian Vodou; he is master of the forest, especially the wilderness and the mysteries it holds, governs the leaves and roots used for both healing and harming, and is revered as a powerful healer and magician; he plays an important role in the kanzo initiatory cycle of asson-lineage Vodou, and along with Kalfou and Baron is often counted among the master magicians of the lwa, because of their role in the Haitian secret societies. (secondary)

Sources

• The lwa with whom the Gede are closely associated, whose aspects are Bawon Samdi, ruler of the graveyard; Baron La Croix, guardian of the gravestone; and Baron Cimetière, guardian of the grave.: 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. (secondary)