At bodily death, the gwo bònanje joins the Ginen, or ancestral spirits, while the ti bònanj proceeds to the afterlife to face judgement before Bondye. This idea of judgement before Bondye is more common in urban areas, having been influenced by Roman Catholicism, while in the Haitian mountains it is more common for Vodouists to believe that the ti bònanj dissolves into the naval of the earth nine days after death. It is believed that the gwo-bon-anj stays in Ginen for a year and a day before being absorbed into the family of the Gede. Ginen is often identified as being located beneath the sea, under the earth, or above the sky.