Guédé-Linto
Guédé-Linto[1] (Haitian Creole: Gede Linto)[2] also spelled as Guédé Linto,[3] Guede Linto,[4] Ghede Linto,[5] is a Vodou loa that performs miracles.[6]
According to legend, Linto looks like a five foot tall dark-skinned old man with glasses, a cane, and an old-fashioned black hat. He is very well mannered and docile. Some followers think he is a small boy because of his kindness.
Linto loves to teach his followers to dance and enjoys making them gifts that he makes with rum, eau de cologne, cigarettes, and fire. Sometimes he cuts a strand of yarn for each of his followers or for the children in his home, turning these threads into needles to be used. On other occasions, he offers gold rings and chains as gifts. He loves knots and makes gifts of scarves. Linto makes these kinds of gifts to make sure his children are in good hands. His work is highly competent, direct, and precise.
Linto can identify problems half a year in advance and help his faithful prepare to face them or the way to prevent them.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Rejouis, Jean Albert, ed. (2013). Diverses Religions Du Monde (Le Vaudou Haitien---La Franc_Maconnerie): Leurs Croyances Et Pratiques. AuthorHouse. p. 143. ISBN 9781481719025. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Louis, Andre J., ed. (2007). Voodoo in Haiti: Catholicism, Protestantism and a Model of Effective Ministry in the Context of Voodoo in Haiti. Tate Publishing. p. 73. ISBN 9781602471436. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Mythologie Vaudou" (PDF). Mythological.fr. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Chatland, Jan, ed. (1990). "Descriptions of Various Loa of Voodoo". Webster.edu). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Cosentino, Donald (1987). Cosentino, Donald (ed.). "Who Is That Fellow in the Many-Colored Cap? Transformations of Eshu in Old and New World Mythologies". The Journal of American Folklore. 100 (397). The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 100 via JSTOR: 272. doi:10.2307/540323. JSTOR 540323. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Métraux, Alfred, ed. (21 October 2016). Voodoo in Haiti. Normanby Press. p. 118. ISBN 9781787201668. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Torres, Rafael Agustí, ed. (2019). "Loas y Vèvès del Vudú". p. 21. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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