Talk:Guédé

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[edit] this entry is spelled incorrectly

I don't know how to fix this but this entry should not be "Guédé" it should be "Ghede". Ghede should not redirect to Guédé, if anything it should be the other way around. Guédé is a Frankicised spelling, found in older, outdated anthropology books prior to Haiti standardizing the spelling of Kreyol in the 1980s. "Ghede" is more in keeping with current Haitian orthography. Do a Google search. Ghede is the most popular spelling, followed by Gede.

Do you know of any authoritative resources (print or online, as long as authoritative) that discuss the spelling and the Ghede themselves? When I was last working on this entry, almost everything I found (web and print both) contradicted almost everything else. I'm not a religion or folklore expert; I was just filling in gaps I found when doing some other research. So if you can point me to a resource on the Haitian orthography I'd be glad to make the change! Honestly, the whole family of articles on the loa left me stumped, so pointers to resources would be wonderful. Thanks. Deborah-jl 07:05, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Eh, that's the problem with writings about the Loa or Orixa - our definition of "authority" tends to be things like Anthropologists, and that doesn't work in this context. So, what *kind* of Authority? Books written by Mambos and Houngans? It's also significant to note that New Orleans Voodoo spellings are different than Haitian Vodou spellings.

It's another side note, but symptomatic of the same variety you're encountering - while Samedi, La Croix (Lakwa) and Cimitere are certainly aspects, or "paths" of Baron, they're not the only ones. It's probably safer to say "paths include" than "aspects are" in these cases. There are inevitably more paths of any Loa. --Ember-- 24.6.217.22 19:19, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Who exactly is Papa Ghede?

As I write this, the entry first mentions Papa Ghede in the sentence 'Papa Ghede is also a psychopomp'. Also compared to what? It might just be that the word 'also' is superfluous, but it seems odd to suddenly start talking about him partway through the article. Is Papa Ghede (in some way) another name for the Baron? --195.137.91.247 11:09, 17 August 2007 (UTC)