God and Figures of Death in Mythologies
The concept of death and the afterlife has alway s been a major aspect of the various mythologies and religions around the world, well save a few exceptions like Shintoism. As such, mystical figures ruling over the domain of death generally become important figures in the many pantheons that existed in our history, although not all of them were gods . Speaking of which, these lesser figures tend to be more obscure than the death gods, as they either hail from older mythologies that are less well known or belong to a more niche following. An example of the latter is, of course, the Baron de Samedi from Haitian Voodoo. S ince it is still widely practiced in the Caribbean , the Baron thus is extremely well known in the region. The Baron de Samedi's main function is to manage all the voodoo figures connected to death, like his wife Maman Brigitte, as well as watching the crossroads between the living and the dead. Outside of his homeland, the Baron still enjoys quite a bit of...
