Papa Ghede

My cleaned up sketch of Papa Ghede. I will paint this one soon.

 

Papa Ghede comes from Haitian folklore. Guédé is a family of spirits

that represent death and fertility. Papa Ghede is one of those many

spirits. He is described as the corpse of the first man to ever die.

Short and dark in stature holding a apple in his left hand smoking a

cigar and wearing a high hat. Some also say he is dressed all in

black similar to an undertaker with a face like a skull. He has the

knowledge of the life and afterlife of all who have died. Papa Ghede

waits at the crossroads to escort fresh souls into the afterlife

(Guinee). Papa Ghede has a wife named Maman Brigitte and a brother

Ghede Bábáco. In the voodoo religion people pray to Papa Ghede if

there child is sick or dying. It is said that he will not take a life

before it's time.

Done