Ghede
English
Alternative forms
- Gede
- Guede
Noun
Ghede (uncountable)
- In Haitian voodoo, a class of loa generally associated with death.
- 1996, Gerdès Fleurant, Dancing Spirits, p. 103:
- In Haiti, the Gede are the most numerous among all the Iwa.
- 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books 2007, p. 31:
- As life ends in death, so does a fet end with homage to the Bawon and Brigitte, the king and queen of the graveyard, and their servants, the Ghede.
- 2012, Michael R Hall, Historical Dictionary of Haiti, p. 120:
- Ghede loa are boisterous and have a healthy sexual appetite.
- 1996, Gerdès Fleurant, Dancing Spirits, p. 103:
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