Hermithe Hyppolite
Early life: Placed reference in box
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There is speculation that Hermite may have been mentioned in an interview her father gave to Selden Rodman.{{cite book |last=Rodman |first=Selden |chapter=A Visit with Hector Hyppolite |title=Renaissance in Haiti: Popular Painters in the Black Republic |date=1948 |publisher=Pellegrini & Cudahy |location=New York |page=67 |url=https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/Renaissance_in_Haiti/U9BaAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |access-date=24 April 2026}}{{rp|67}} |
There is speculation that Hermite may have been mentioned in an interview her father gave to Selden Rodman.{{cite book |last=Rodman |first=Selden |chapter=A Visit with Hector Hyppolite |title=Renaissance in Haiti: Popular Painters in the Black Republic |date=1948 |publisher=Pellegrini & Cudahy |location=New York |page=67 |url=https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/Renaissance_in_Haiti/U9BaAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |access-date=24 April 2026}}{{rp|67}} |
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|quote = I am married, you know, to my protective spirit, so I can’t marry anyone else. When I was a child, my grandfather, a great priest of Vaudou, married me to La Sirene, and she has always been my mystic wife... I have several children outside, but they’re all grown up now; they’re big and they’re ambitious and they’re just waiting for me to die so they can inherit from me. But my new baby, ah, she’s different. I shall bring her up in my own way. Her name signifies love. So when she's a grown woman and a man calls her by her name, he will be saying to her: You are my love. |
|quote = I am married, you know, to my protective spirit, so I can’t marry anyone else. When I was a child, my grandfather, a great priest of Vaudou, married me to La Sirene, and she has always been my mystic wife... I have several children outside, but they’re all grown up now; they’re big and they’re ambitious and they’re just waiting for me to die so they can inherit from me. But my new baby, ah, she’s different. I shall bring her up in my own way. Her name signifies love. So when she's a grown woman and a man calls her by her name, he will be saying to her: You are my love.{{cite book |last=Rodman |first=Selden |chapter=A Visit with Hector Hyppolite |title=Renaissance in Haiti: Popular Painters in the Black Republic |date=1948 |publisher=Pellegrini & Cudahy |location=New York |page=67 |url=https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/Renaissance_in_Haiti/U9BaAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |access-date=24 April 2026}}{{rp|67}}}} |
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However, it is unclear as to whether her father was speaking in this interview in direct reference to Hermite as his biological descendant. It is also possible that he was speaking about his initiates (''ounsi'') as his children, metaphorically describing himself as a parent of love, or referring to an attribute of one of the lwa, such as [[Erzulie Freda]]. |
However, it is unclear as to whether her father was speaking in this interview in direct reference to Hermite as his biological descendant. It is also possible that he was speaking about his initiates (''ounsi'') as his children, metaphorically describing himself as a parent of love, or referring to an attribute of one of the lwa, such as [[Erzulie Freda]]. |
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