Category: Lwa

Ezili Freda Dahomey – Maitresse Mambo – Art by Felix LaFortune Ezili Freda is envisioned as a stunning, colonial era mixed race woman. Ezili Freda…

Ezili Ge Rouge – Red Eyed Ezili Ezili Ge Rouge is the shadow side of Ezili Dantor. They may or may not be the same…

Ezili, Grann – Grandmother Ezili How did Ezili Freda become a courtesan, anyway? Her grandmother sold her. Ezili’s beauty was perceived as the ticket to…

Ezili La Flambeau – Ezili the Torch Ezili La Flambeau is the fiery aspect of Ezili Dantor. She’s not raging quite as out of control…

Ezili Mapyan Ezili Freda and Ezili Dantor have autonomy over their sex lives. They sleep with whom they want; they reject those they do not…

Ezili Zandor Ezili Zandor is the matron of the Haitian sorcerers’ secret societies known as The Red Sects. She is a great sorceress and the…

Madame Lalinn is the Kreyol moon goddess: she is the moon herself, the woman in the moon and the spirit essence of the moon. She…

At its simplest, Haitian Vodou consists of two pantheons: Rada and Petro. The Petro spirits or lwa are hot, volatile, powerful, angry, and fast. Fast…

Ti Jean Petro literally means “Little Jean Petro.” (Ti, pronounced tee, is the Kreyol variant of the French petit.) • Ti Jean Petro may be…

Badessy In Haitian voodoo, loa (deified spirit of the dead) of the winds. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by…