Baron Samedi is the spirit of death, he manages the dead and lives in cemeteries except when he roams after midnight or comes out on All Saints Day(11/2). He definitely isn't the protector of children. The protector of children's name escapes me, but the image used to represent him is the catholic saint, St Jude. I will have to think which Lwa is the protector of children or ask around.
A flash of light is supposed to be a spirit/dimension, but i'm, not sure I always believe that. but if you saw a snap and a light, maybe it was that.
I though it was odd tht the lwa who resides over death would also be the protector of children...
I'm sure the king of the dead is said to be derived from Osiris who was ressurected as heru who was a protector of children but thts such a far stretch.anyway here it says that Baron Samedi's Chillun r indeed protectors of children.
Baron Samedi (bah-rOHN sahm-DEE)
Guardian or protector of the grave, servant or "Father" of the Guede. As sexual spirits the Guedes govern the renewal of life and protect children. The grave of the first man buried in any cemetery in Haiti, whether the person in life participated in the Vodou religion or not, is dedicated to Baron. Protects one from hexes but also is the Loa to cast hexes, debauchery. Baron Samedi is one of the Guédés, or spirits of Death, related to Baron Cimitère and Baron La Croix. Like Papa Legba, he is a guardian of the crossroads, the place where spirits cross over into our world.
Black rooster, black goat, dark rum or rum with spicy hot peppers, cigars or ciggerettes. Also black sunglasses (with the right lens popped out for with his right eye he watches those present, lest anyone steal his food.).
COLORS: Black, purple and white.
SPECIAL DAYS: Saturday (his name Samedi is french for Saturday). .
FEAST DAY: Nov 2nd (The Feast of the Ancestors, Fet Ghede, is considered the end of the old year and the beginning of the new, much as in the European Wiccan tradition. Any debts to Baron, Maman Brigitte, or Ghede must be paid at this time.)
SYMBOLS: Skull, black cross, coffins and phalluses. Also shovel, mirrored sunglasses.
Baron Samedi is usually seen wearing top hat, black coat tails, sunglasses, and smoking a cigar. Often materializes as a tall muscular black man with the right side of his head painted white in a skull pattern, his color is white(the white of bones and skulls), normally depictet wearing a heavy white cross on a chain around his neck, as well as wearing a white tophat. A pick or a white cane, topped with a skull is usually found in his left hand. Individuals possessed by the Baron Samedi tell lewd jokes, wear dark glasses, smoke cigarettes or cigars, eat voraciously, and drink copious amounts of alcohol. Entire sects of Vodounists worship Guedes.
NATION: Ghede.
NAMES: Bawon Samedi
SAINT: Gerard
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