Erzulie

Erzulie (sometimes spelled Erzili or Ezili) is a family of loa in Voodoo.

 Overview 
The Erzulie is a family of loa that are often associated with water, femininity and feminine bodies.

Erzulie Fréda, the Rada aspect of Erzulie, is the African spirit of love, beauty, jewelry, dancing, luxury, and flowers. She wears three wedding rings, one for each husband - Damballa, Agwe and Ogun. Her symbol is a heart, her colors are pink, blue, white and gold. Her favorite sacrifices include jewelry, perfume, sweet cakes and liqueurs.

Erzulie Dantor is the main loa of the Petro family in Voodoo. She is often depicted as a fearsome black woman. Her favourite sacrifices include jewels, golden rings, rum and black pig (for her birthday).

In popular culture
Erzulie, Damballa, Baron Samedi and Papa Legba, all appear in the WildCats original comic series. They also appear in Terry Pratchett's book Witches Abroad (1991).  A powerful voodoo woman in novel Witches Abroad is named Erzulie Gogol.

In the Broadway show Once On This Island, Erzulie is one of the 4 main gods that guide and influence the main character.

Erzulie is depicted in Zadie Smith's 2005 novel On Beauty.Zadie Smith "On Beauty" —  London, 2005 

Erzulie and other popular Loa together with the adepts of Voodoo are depicted in Andrei Gusev's 2020 novel Our Wild Sex in Malindi. Review of  "Our Wild Sex in Malindi"  — on  the site of public fund "Union of writers of Moscow", 2020Andrei Gusev “Our Wild Sex in Malindi”, 2020. 

References

Category:Mythology
Category:Afro-American religion