Baron Cimetière
Haitian Vodou · deity · Haitian Vodou traditional religion; continuing · deity
HE WAS HIDDEN TWICE OVER: as an alias on vodou_bawon_samdi AND as an EPITHET on that same record, reading 'Baron Cimetière / Baron of the Cemetery'. Both are removed by this batch and the epithet is restored here, where it belongs. AN EPITHET IS A NAME-BEARING FIELD DOING AN ALIAS'S JOB, so it falls under the same decision; it is called out in the census so the owner can reverse it if they meant aliases only. LANE 28'S SWEEP REPORTED 'Bawon Simitye' ABSENT AND 'Baron Cimetière' PRESENT - the false absence and the hidden figure in one row, which is what made this whole class of defect visible.
Domains
- death
- the graveyard
- guardianship of the grave
Epithets
- Bawon Simitye
Relations
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.