Family of Loa that embody the powers of death and fertility.
1Voodoo traditions, going back to their African roots, offer the Ghede.
2Maybe you can tell Ghede, and he'll do something about it for you.
3Ghede pushed me in my chest and I fell down against the tree.
4Actually, it's very likely that Ghede, like you, sees the humour of the situation.
5But I thought that Ghede did not want these bones.
6I watched Ghede go walking away to do his feasting in some other place.
7All souls must pass by the cross roads of Ghede before entering Guinee, the afterlife.
8Ghede took hold of the uniform coat and rubbed the cloth with his stiff fingers.
9Then we were all dancing because we were hungry and others too were singing the song of Ghede.
10Her male counterpart is Ghede.
11She called out the names Petro and Rada, darkness and benevolence, and the Ghede, the powers of the dead.
12"Strange this Ghede hasn't got around to making the same point, isn't it?"
13"Give me bread," Ghede said, but Riau had no bread to give to him.
14In understanding his nature, one should consider Ghede to be both his name and the name of the collective of his cohorts.
15"He has adopted the guise of Ghede, in this case the lord of the dead-
16"If Ghede is on our side, don't you mean?"