ISdN - Samedi e Brigitte 2

Sovrani del Nulla - The Lords of Nothing


Dei, Eroi, Santi. Erano i signori del mondo, salvatori dell'umanità, patroni e custodi, esempi di virtù. Ma ora gli uomini li hanno dimenticati, hanno abbandonato i propri miti, spento le sacre aureole, relegato il divino ai margini di una società pragmatica e materialista prossima al deperimento.
L'umanità ha rinunciato all'eternità in favore di una labile contingenza.


Gods, Heroes, Saints. They used to be the Lords of the world, mankind's Saviors, patrons and guardians, pure examples of virtue. But now people have forgotten them, they've left myths behind, put off sacred halos, and relegated the numinous at the edge of a pragmatic and materialistic society on the way of perishment.
Humanity gave up eternity in favor of fleeting contingency
(Thanks Laura for the translation)


Model: Girolamo and Chiara
Location: Forlì (Italy)
Characters: Baron Samedi is one of the Loa of Haitian Vodou. Samedi is a Loa of the dead. He is usually depicted with a top hat, black tuxedo, as if to resemble a corpse dressed and prepared for burial in the Haitian style. He has a white, frequently skull-like face and speaks in a nasal voice. He is a sexual Loa, frequently represented by phallic symbols and is noted for disruption, obscenity, debauchery, and having a particular fondness for tobacco and rum.
His wife is the Loa Maman Brigitte, one of few Loa with an European skin. She is a Loa of death and sexuality too, She drinks hot pepper, rum and she smokes cigars. She protects gravestones in cemeteries if they are properly marked with a cross.