#2539: La Sirene : Grey comments

[Robert Corbett <bcorbett@netcom.com>]

From:Racine125@aol.com

<makandal-ny@juno.com> writes:

<< Many say that the Haitian Siren is European, citing her name and her
 physical form as evidence.  A Haitian ougan told me she is Greek.  >>

Greek!  Oh, please.

Actually, La Sirene is worldwide, she is Yemaya and Yemonja and Mam Kumba 
Bang and Mami Wata and the Great Silkie... almost all cultures have a Queen 
of the Seas, or a mermaid, or something like that.  In Nigeria she is Yemaya, 
but I think the French word for mermaid was adopted, so now in Haiti we 
Vodouisants call her La Sirene.

For more information on La Sirene, see 
http://members.aol.com/racine125/sirene.html.

Peace and love,

Bon Mambo Racine Sans Bout Sa Te La Daginen

"Se bon ki ra", 
     Good is rare - Haitian Proverb

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