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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 family stability. Grann Ezili arranged her courtesanship

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 as Ezili Ge Rouge, but she’s well

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 desire. Not everyone is so fortunate. Ezili

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 Bizango spirit queen of transformation: Red Sect

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 is a very visible goddess: you’ll find

Petro Lwa in Haitian Vodou At its simplest, Haitian Vodou is often described as having two great spiritual currents: Rada and Petro. The Rada lwa are commonly associated with coolness, ancestry, order,

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

Badessy In Haitian voodoo, loa (deified spirit of the dead) of the winds. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante & James R. Dow–

Bacalou Bacalou is a little-known spirit associated with Haitian Vodou. He is described as an evil loa, or deified spirit of the dead, and is represented by the ominous image of a

Agove Minoire Origin: Haitian Vodou Classification: Lwa (loa), deified spirit of the dead Domain: Forest groves, liminal wilderness, sacred sexuality, thresholds Agove Minoire is a female lwa in Haitian Vodou associated with