"Thou rememberest sinceOnce I sat upon a promontory,And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's backUttering such dulcet and harmonious breathThat the rude sea grew civil at her song,And certain stars shot madly from their spheres,To hear the sea-maid's music?" Few say it as well as William Shakespeare, and with the grace of this august wordsmith … Continue reading La Sirène – A Deep Dive
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Ezili Dantor – A Deep Dive
Ezili Dantor by Jay Alexander Terrifying. This is the adjective many have used to describe this fearsome lwa, the mother of Haiti and the Petwo nation. Mighty, fiery, and full of rage, Dantor inspires the kind of fear normally only produced by an irate IRS agent with an axe to grind, nothing to lose, and … Continue reading Ezili Dantor – A Deep Dive
Metres Ezili Freda Dahomey – A Deep Dive
Art by @meliescribbles on (instagram) Beautiful, charming, radiant, loving, luxurious, splendorous, effulgent, charismatic, glorious. All of these fifty cent adjectives apply to Metres Freda, one of the most beloved of the lwa in Haitian Vodou. Yet, as fittingly magnificent as these words are, they simply aren't good enough for this Queen without being shaped into … Continue reading Metres Ezili Freda Dahomey – A Deep Dive
Break Break Break on thy cold, grey stones O Sea…
If you've known me long enough, you'll remember my old Vodou blog, defunct since 2018 or so. Back in late November I decided to relaunch it, snapped up the URL (of which I am far too proud) in mid December, and life being as busy as it is, waited until today. So those of you … Continue reading Break Break Break on thy cold, grey stones O Sea…
Lwa and Order 