Caribbean Mythology, The best of my Culture.

Agoue

Agoue is the protector of boats and fishermen
He likes his sacrifices floated to him on small rafts. If they sink you know they have been accepted.

BARON-SAMEDI

The Great Boss LOA Spirit of the Dead, and probably the most infamously famous character in the Voodou pantheon. Baron-Samedi dressed like an undertaker, he wears a black tailcoat, glossy top hat and dark eyeglasses. Baron-Samedi smokes cigars while on work, twirls a cane and goes in for trance dancing. When not on the graveyard shift he likes to party — particularly on Saturday nights which is why he's called Baron Saturday. He also stands at the metaphysical crossroads of life and death. His wife is Manma Brigitte and he also has two colleagues, Baron La Croix and Baron Cimetiere — who may or may not be aspects of his own grave personality.

MAMAN-BRIGITTE

The jolly Haitian Goddess of Love and Death. She is so chatty and full of jokes that it's fun when she escorts you to the Underworld. Her husband is Baron Samedi

ERZULIE

Goddess of Love, Romance, Beauty and Womanhood. The feminist Loa who displays every aspect of femininity that could or would be expected, with suitable titles so that you know what mood she is in. She also stands in for the Virgin Mary, although not we imagine in the Meek and Mild way. She can also be La- Sirene which we have put under separate heading. There are sure to be others but this should be enough to start you off.

History Makers

The Mirabal Sister

Patria, Dedé, Minerva and Maria Teresa were three Dominican sister heroines that sacrifice them self’s to fight for their country against the abuses of a powerful and corrupt Dominican dictator: Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina. Trujillo had abolished human rights and terrorizes the country with imprisonment, tortures and death. On November 25, 1960, Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa were murdered on the outskirts of Puerto Plata. The Mirabal sisters lost their lives struggling to restore democracy and the rule of law to their beloved Dominican Republic.

Juan Pablo Duarte

Born in Santo Domingo on January 26, 1813. Duarte was the head of the independence movement in Dominican Republic. Duarte fought along with Francisco Del Rosario Sanchez and Matias Ramon Mella against Spain for our freedom. On February 27, 1844 Dominican Republic was free at last.