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I'm starting to question the reliability of Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol & Spirit, which is referenced multiple times here, as a source. The book does not use any footnotes or in-line references and makes many assertions I've been unable to find anywhere else. When this article gets reviewed, I'd be interested in the reviewer taking a good look at the assertions which link only to that book. Markwiki ( talk) 19:41, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
This article as should be deleted because it has no real citation. Only one source is cited to make spurious claims about Vodou and other Afro Diaporic deities being LGBT, bisexual, wanting anal sex etc....this is an insult to vodou practitioners. Research into vodou and other Afro-diasporic religions show that the relations that the lwas have are just symbols, analogies but they are not statements about human sexuality. In fact, the Gods/Spirits do not have sex contrary to what the original author states. This is clearly an article written by an LGBT think-tank to push their views therefore attempting to colonize a non-western cultural tradition. Baron Samedi is not bisexual; the lwas in Vodou usually come in two: husband-wife; male-female because they are about polarity. The fact that the lwas often have a male and female counterpart show that Afro-Diasporic cultures/religions are founded on pro-creation, on complementarity, etc...Delete the bate because it's beyond repair.
Examining this for a 3rd-year university-level course. Room to add information from more African diasporic mythologies (ie. not just Haiti and Louisiana). There are lots of different diasporic cultures to look at, though it makes sense (to me) that Haitian Voudu is most known. One method is to add and group mythologies together based on regions in the West Indies: Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and the other more isolated islands. There is also plenty of room to focus on different mythologies that stayed and evolved within the African continent. Nyxtingale ( talk) 06:13, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
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I'm starting to question the reliability of Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol & Spirit, which is referenced multiple times here, as a source. The book does not use any footnotes or in-line references and makes many assertions I've been unable to find anywhere else. When this article gets reviewed, I'd be interested in the reviewer taking a good look at the assertions which link only to that book. Markwiki ( talk) 19:41, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
This article as should be deleted because it has no real citation. Only one source is cited to make spurious claims about Vodou and other Afro Diaporic deities being LGBT, bisexual, wanting anal sex etc....this is an insult to vodou practitioners. Research into vodou and other Afro-diasporic religions show that the relations that the lwas have are just symbols, analogies but they are not statements about human sexuality. In fact, the Gods/Spirits do not have sex contrary to what the original author states. This is clearly an article written by an LGBT think-tank to push their views therefore attempting to colonize a non-western cultural tradition. Baron Samedi is not bisexual; the lwas in Vodou usually come in two: husband-wife; male-female because they are about polarity. The fact that the lwas often have a male and female counterpart show that Afro-Diasporic cultures/religions are founded on pro-creation, on complementarity, etc...Delete the bate because it's beyond repair.
Examining this for a 3rd-year university-level course. Room to add information from more African diasporic mythologies (ie. not just Haiti and Louisiana). There are lots of different diasporic cultures to look at, though it makes sense (to me) that Haitian Voudu is most known. One method is to add and group mythologies together based on regions in the West Indies: Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and the other more isolated islands. There is also plenty of room to focus on different mythologies that stayed and evolved within the African continent. Nyxtingale ( talk) 06:13, 23 September 2023 (UTC)