cassiopeis:30 DAYS OF HORROR CHALLENGE: 4/7 Deities → Baron SamediBaron Samedi is one of the major
cassiopeis:30 DAYS OF HORROR CHALLENGE: 4/7 Deities → Baron SamediBaron Samedi is one of the major loas (spirits) in Haitian Vodou. He is the head of the Guédé family of loas and the husband of Maman Brigitte. As a loa of the dead, his many other incarnations are Baron Cimetière, Baron La Croix and Baron Kriminel. Baron Samedi is depicted with a top hat, black tail coat, dark glasses, and cotton plugs in the nostrils, as if to resemble a corpse dressed and prepared for burial in the Haitian style. He has a skull-like face and speaks in a deep nasal tone. He is famous for his obscenity and debauchery, as well as his fondness for tobacco and rum. Only the Baron can accept an individual into the realm of the dead. He can usually be found at the crossroads between the worlds of the living and the dead. -- source link