Baron Samedi is one of the Guédés, or spirits of Death, related to Baron Cimitère and Baron La Croix. He guards the crossroads where spirits cross over into our world, similar to Papa Legba. If intercessions are with the loa, Legba is asked to allow their participation, and if with the dead, Guédé acts as intercessor. Obatala is the creator God of the Yoruba pantheon and the supreme deity from which New Orleans Voodoo originates. He rules the mind and equilibrium as the aspect containing all colors. Ochosi represents the forces of nature and justice as the Orisha of Hunting, Law, Prisoners