#Erzulie Freda

[conjuremanj]

Erzulie Freda.

Okay. When I saw this I had to share it. This is from Houngan Jak. A doll of Ayibobo Mambo Maitresse Erzulie wearing beautiful real jewelry and clothing.

(If you're wondering. Ayibobo is a ritual word that's a equivalent to “Amen” or "Blessings" and a few other meanest depending on how it's used)

👇Next is a photo of her being bathed in and bath made for her.

👇This is her altar. With items that she loves.

👇Oh, Check this out a Florida Water bottle created for her.

These aren't my photo they belong to Senjsk a Vodou priest. I just wasn't to share these.

If you are a devotee of any spirit, deity, Gods, Ansestors etc Look at the things they like or tell you they like and create something personal for them that comes from you.

They'll like it.

[dejahisashmom]

The Origins of Voodoo, a Misunderstood Religion | Ancient Origins

The Origins of Voodoo, a Misunderstood Religion | Ancient Origins

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/origins-voodoo-002933

[loverofezilifredadahomey]

The queen. 💐💒✨💗

[kreyolpale]

ETSY

Erzulie Freda Suncatcher ✨✨

[the-girl-who-didnt-smile]

The Original Color of Erzulie Freda (Hazbin Hotel)'s Magic

(these are all referring to DeviantArt OCs, not the actual lwa)

At the beginning of time, Erzulie Freda's magic was actually the color rose. Maman Brigitte's pink magic is a different hue, but Erzulie Freda's rose magic was the same hue as Erzulie Dantor's red magic. The only different was the shade, where Erzulie Freda's magic was lighter and Erzulie Dantor's magic was a darker shade of red.

After their bitter argument, Erzulie Freda split off from Erzulie Dantor. This caused her magic to change in color from rose to light blue. She split off from Erzulie Dantor because she is the most emotionally intelligent of the Loa; this was her way of trying to respect her sister's boundaries.

Should the twin sisters ever reconcile, Erzulie Freda's magic would go back to being rose in color.

[reachartwork]

30 AI-Generated Personas I did over on my Twitter. Names below the read more - see how many you can guess! They are a mixture of mostly mythological figures with a small handful of literary ones thrown in.

Karamazov, Curupira, Phoenix

Centaur, Hypnos, Saturn

Hou Yi, Nucklavee, Rusalka

Ameinias, Gautama, Prometheus

Medshelemet, Boto Cor-De-Roja, Son Wukong

Erzulie Freda, Krueger, Ekalavya

Pallas, Greysteil, Anata Shesha

Exu, Sisyphus, Yasunori Kato

Shishupala, Green Knight, Arachne

Diogenes, Adam (Frankenstein's Monster), Persephone

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Frantz Zéphirin — The Mysteries of Mystical Initiation (The Mystical Metamorphosis of Erzulie Freda and Erzulie Dantor)   [acrylic on canvas, 1999]

[barncultus]

Hot and Cool Spirits

A basic tenant of herbology is the idea that some herbs are heating and others cooling. Rooted in Chinese medicine, this belief holds ancient roots and has been used to cure issues of circulation, soothe fevers, and even been employed to aid against less physical ailments, like pervasive lethargy. Growing up, I was taught which herbs were ‘hot’ and which were ‘cool’, a fascinating dychodamy that felt both intuitive and scientific. 

When I first moved to New Orleans it was not long before I came in contact with Vodouizans. By nature of where I was studying in the city there was a large number of Haitian students whose family observed these traditions and their children held close to these ideas. There was one girl in particular who I remember being deeply fond of the spirit Erzulie Freda, a popular lwa of love, beauty, and money. In my mind, it was her who I first heard the idea of a “cool” spirit from, though in truth it has been many years and I do not recall with clarity. I was immediately taken with this idea, that spirits operate in a similar medical ecology than that I had been raised with. Within Vodou, this manifested as the nations of spirits known as lwa. In many times this manifested as due to the history of that spirit family, at other times they were grouped because of this seemingly shared nature. In the case of Erzulie Freda, a Rada lwa, she was a cool spirit. However, her sister Erzulie Dantor was honored as a queen within the Petro nation, a very hot family of spirits. 

As a reflection of my own practice, I work with a typically very hot family of spirits. Not only does this reflect my living Basque family, which is loud and boisterous and fierce in their form of love, but it also reflects the fiery and chthonic nature which our gods took in pre-christian times. Diviners who have worked with me over the years have described my family of spirits as leaving them fevered or sessions ending in a flash of heat. Likewise those few who have been in my presence during theurgical spellwork or received healings from me have experienced it as an intense heat which burns away the impurities but leaves them sweating and often physically drained. A quirk of my magic deeply tied to the particular spirits who enact it. 

Thinking about spirits in this way I believe to create a holistic way of understanding the medicines behind the spirits we work with. Where they thrive and where another hand may be better suited. While this practice may not be applicable in many European practices, within the context of my own it has found a fond home as a method of self-understanding. Likewise, experimenting with exactly which epithets call upon the Anderexo and her consort in hot or cool manifestations has allowed me to improve and improvise my healing style from a technical-theurgy side which feels uniquely apt to a revivalist practice. If nothing else, it provides an interesting outlook into the ways in which medicines and spirits interact and intersect! 

[cheonsa-n]

Tiffany’s design for Master of Death! (Doing her first because I have to redraw chucky)

Note that both her and Chucky’s designs are them in more modern times after they have gained a significant amount of power through their practices.

Below I will delve a bit more into story stuff/symbolism

Feel free to submit any questions you may have so I can elaborate more! I will try to explain all the thoughts I have in due time!

Few little facts about the design before I get into the Vodou stuff:

Both her and Charles have snake eyes! This is meant to represent them becoming less human as they begin to slowly achieve immortality. The Lwa he calls upon, Damballa is a serpent and I wanted to make Chucky and Tiff embody false versions of him and his wife Ayida-Weddo. As they delve deeper into the practice and twist its meaning into something more sinister, they lose their humanity in a physical way.

I included the ring from Bride as a part of Tiff’s design since they do end up getting married.

The piece in the middle of Tiffany’s corset is her Heart of Damballa, it was stolen from John during one of their visits. The design is taken from an unused version that was from a deleted scene in the original Child’s Play.

Symbolism:

While Chucky is meant to be parallel to Damballa; Tiff is supposed to parallel Ayida-Weddo. Who is Damballa’s wife and his female aspect. Though this is the initial thought I had she is far more aligned with the things that Erzulie Freda, who is the lover of Damballa, represents instead. Freda being the Lwa of love and beauty. Coincidentally she is also represented with a symbol VERY similar to Tiff’s tattoo. A heart with a sword piercing through it.

So for now that is it for Tiff until I delve a little deeper into the organization of the timeline and story.

In closing I just want to add that although I’ve done a lot of research on this topic, I don’t regard myself as a mouthpiece for the Vodou religion or Haitian culture. I will be doing everything I can to treat the topic with the respect it deserves.

[iartsysam]

Erzulie Dantor, Kouzen Zaka, Ogou St Jacques, Erzulie Freda, La Sirene & Met Agwe 🗡️🌿⚔️💗🌸🧜🏽‍♀️⛵️

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[enchanted-moura]

My Mambo feels that Hathor is an ancient incarnation of Erzulie Freda/Metresilli. I don’t really see it but I appreciate her perspective and it’s all Venus.

I do think Hathor is as bougie as her though. I think she’s been watered down a little and definitely has refined tastes. She’s not demanding or looking to punish people. I don’t think the gods punish anyone, I just think they withdraw their presence if things aren’t working out. Or if you arent willing to learn new things and grow, there’s no point dealing with primordial energies with thousands years worth of skin in the game.

[conjuremanj]

Spiritual Waters/ Colognes.

On this post I wanted to speak on spiritual waters and colognes these products that I've listed are and have use in different spiritual circles. I think some of this products were added later because of the low cost and having a alcohol base, because alcohol in the south has a lot of uses and could cure most is what my grandparents said🤔😄 But enjoy this post.

What Are They Used For? These are use to bring you back up. It can bring back money, love etc. It's used to feed a mojo bags that's made specifically for a purpose. (See my post on Perfumes.)

Holy Water. Can't get must more powerful thin this as a reverend my self I can tell you it works. This water that has been blessed by an Ordained Priest or a member of the clergy or spirituality ordained person. Used for baptism, spiritual cleansing, to bless individuals, places and objects. To bless or dispell it has many uses.

Florida Water. Actually made in New York it was and still is a male cologne. It was used for a scalp cleaner, a foot cleanser. It has multiple uses it was dubbed paranormal. Now used mostly for spiritual properties, like cleansing. It's used to feed your gris gris bag (mojo bag) to keep it going, used to feed the spirit because of the alcohol and is oftentimes used in fire rituals (to start not to burn), in ceremonies and offerings, venerating our ancestors and the dead. It's a good ingredient used in a African spirituality religion like Vodou or Hoodoo. But it can also strip away [Example] If you cleaned yourself using florida water you are now cleaned of negative but what happens you are striped of your other workings like money drawing, and you can use a money cologne to help bring that back. Protection can be stripped away so doing a spiritual bath to bring it back. Always reply what you loss.

Peruvian Florida Water. This cologne is widely used by healers for purification, cleansing, healing, and protection. The Peruvian Florida Water has a sweet, and spicy scent. Different from traditional Florida Water. Because of its sweet scent if a good offering to Erzulie Freda. This is what you would see in Hispanic areas and botanicals but both are good.

Rose Cologne is used for peace and love It can be good to use when working or doing any love and attraction work or used as a offering to a spirit or deity of love. It can be sprinkle around the home or add to your mop with water for attraction.

Kolonia 1800 Natural Water. This is a nice alternative to Florida Water. It has a more manly scent to it and a different vibration. Used the same way to get rid of any spell and curses on your love life, sex life, or your luck etc. This Kolonia colone also come in different scents like 1800 Tobacco if one likes to work with native american spirits or ancestral spirits because probably 60 to 70% of people or spiritual practices deal with tobacco in some way. It's good for one self.

Kananga Water Cologne. A African word that it comes from Jamaica. Kananga water is mainly used for purification and for departed ancestors. Also dispel dark energy from a room, purification of one's spirit, energy, and ancestral communication.

Orange Blossom Cologne is good to use when you have a business to help draw customers. Sprinkle outside the front door, before opening.

The Siete Macho. Is used for spiritual and emotional guidance. It is also used to block or to send back and reverse negative energy, evil eye, hexes and curses. It has multiple uses.

Reve d'Or Lotion. Used to put an end to adverse conditions and open the way for luck, love, money, and happiness. This perfume scent is good for Erzulie Dantor.

Pompeia. Used in many spiritual baths and rituals, sometimes used in Vodou for love A good scent for Erzulie Freda.

Hoyt's Cologne. This is another good cologne. Is said that it's traditionally used in conjure and hoodoo. I can't really say of that true traditionally what ever was available alcohol wise was used.

LOTION FEUILLES D'HAITI (SIMBI COLOGNE) if you been reading my blog you know Water is part of the life source, and energies. Water is one of the four elements that Vodou initiates are taught to respect as natural spiritual forces; it covered the earth at the beginning of time, and separates the living from the world of the ancestors.

So I wasted to add this spiritual cologne to the list an original formula, created in Haiti by Monsieur Trouillot. It’s made with Saut d'Eau Water is French for "Waterfall" it stand approximately 100 feet high and is the tallest in Haiti.

It also has natural, select Haitian herbs. "Lotion Feuilles" cologne gets its name from "feuilles" which is French for leaves. These potent leaves are used by Vodouisants for their medicinal & therapeutic benefits.

It can also be added to Good Luck, Prosperity & Blessing Baths - there are so many ways to use this and it smells good.

Now there are a lot of simbi products but to get the waters from that fall make it that much more special.

Sandalwood Water. Is one of these items that was give to Christ. It's good if you do a lot of prayer work. Prayer circles, seances, spiritual baths even for ones self. I like the spiritual washes that has sandalwood, or frankincense and myrrh.

7 African Powers Cologne is a popular one.

[oxumaresandstrom]

VODUN DAN (instruções para o xire)

Qualidades do Orixá Oxumarê

Setembro 7, 2008 por Manuela

Oxumaré é o Orixá do arco-íris e da transformação. É o Orixá das adivinhações, grande feiticeiro, babalawo e curador. Tem dupla representação, hora como arco-íris, hora como o homem serpente. Traz nas mãos duas cobras de metal amarelado ou branco, representa o lado masculino e feminino, dependendo do caminho. A sua saudação: A Run Boboi!!!, quer dizer: Vamos cultuar o intermediário que é elástico.

Qualidades nagô/vodun

Dan – Vodun conhecido e cultuado no ketu com o nome de Oxumare, é a cobra que participou da criação. É uma qualidade benéfica, ligada à chuva, à fertilidade e à abundância; gosta de ovos e de azeite de dendê. Como tipo humano, é generoso e até perdulário.

Vodun Dangbé – É um Oxumaré mais velho que seria o pai de Dan; governa os movimentos dos astros. Menos agitado que Dan, possui uma grande intuição e pode ser um adivinho esperto.

Vodun Becém – Dono do terreiro do Bogun, veste-se de branco e leva uma espada. Becém é um nobre e generoso guerreiro, um tipo ambicioso, combativo de Oxumaré, menos superficial que Dan. Aido Wedo, também é uma qualidade de Oxumaré conhecida no Bogun.

Vodun Azaunodor – É o príncipe de branco que reside no Baobá, relacionado com os antepassados; come frutas e “leva tudo de dois”.

Vodun Frekuen – É o lado feminino de Oxumaré, representado pela Serpente mais venenosa. O lado masculino de Oxumaré é geralmente representado pelo Arco-Íris.

Vodun Danbale ou Dambala - O reflexo do arco íris no mar calmo ou na lagoa, No vodu, Damballa é um dos mais importantes de todos os loa. Ele é tanto membro da família Rada como uma raiz, ou racine Loa. É representado como um serpente e associa-se estreitamente com cobras. Ele é considerado o pai de todos os loa e, juntamente com sua esposa/companheira Ayida Weddo, considerado no Vodou haitiano o Loa de criação.

Algumas de suas canções rituais indicam que ele "transporta os antepassados", na sua volta ao Ginen (casa espiritual do Loa, e o pós-vida). Sua esposa é a serpente arco-íris Ayida Weddo (ele também é casado com a Erzulie Freda). Como um loa da nação Rada está associado com a cor branca. Sua cor especial é o branco. Suas oferendas são muito simples e que ele prefere um ovo em um monte de farinha. Algumas casas também servem-lhe com anisete (licor de anis) e xarope de milho. Ele não fala quando se apresenta em sua posse, mas faz barulhos, sibilam como uma cobra.

Na maioria das casas, ele é sincretizado com uma das imagens cristãs de Moisés ou São Patrício.

Nomes alternativos: Damballa Weddo (filho de Odan Wedo), Danbala, Zombi, Danbala Wedo, Damballah Weddo, Danbhala Weddo.

O Orixá Oxumare possui ainda vários outros nomes na África como no Brasil, que como acontece com todos os outros Orixás, se referem a cidades, lendas ou cultos específicos de uma determinada região, e com isso ganha suas particularidades e costumes; alguns dessas outros nomes são: Akemin, Botibonan, Besserin, Dakemin, Bafun, Makor, Arrolo, Akotokuen, Kaforidan, Danjikú, Aido Wedo, Foken, Darrame, Averecy, Akoledura e Bakilá. Oxumare Araká é nome de uma mais antigas casas de candomblé na Bahia, o Ilê Axé Oxumare Araká.

XIRE DE DAN

O BARRACÃO PODE SER ENFEITADO COM FITAS DE TODAS AS CORES E DE TODAS AS LARGURAS COM O COMPRIMENTO DE UM METRO

Veve de Dan. Para ser bordado em um decido de pópeline branco de1,20 por 0,60

[mingzisdrgongxuo]

Haitian Vodou and sexual orientation - Wikipedia

During Haitian Vodou ceremonies, the houngans (priests), mambos (priestesses), and hounsis (initiates) dance around a potomitan until one of them becomes possessed by one of the lwa. A person can be possessed by any lwa, regardless of whether they are the same gender or not .[9] During possession, the possessed dancer will begin to behave like the lwa they are possessed by, regardless of gender.

Reverend Severina KM Singh, a New Orleans Voodoo priestess explains,[10]

I have gay friends who practice and I can personally attest to the closeness of the loa to them. I have witnessed wonderful and powerful rituals which they led. The intent in your heart matters more than your sexual orientation. I read for very many gay people and make offerings for them without any qualms at all. Voodooist believe in the transmigration of the soul. That means my soul could have been in a black male body at one time and an oriental female body at another time, not to mention the millions of lives spent in lower life forms. Some of them probably quite asexual or bisexual or transsexual

A large number of spirits or deities (lwa) exist in Haitian and Louisiana Voodoo. These lwa may be regarded as families of individuals or as a singular entity with distinct aspects, with links to particular areas of life.

Some lwa have particular links with magic, ancestor worship or death such as the Gede and Barons. A number of these are further particularly associated with transgenderism or same-sex interactions.[12] These include Ghede Nibo, a spirit caring for those who die young. He is sometimes depicted as an effeminate drag queen and inspires those he inhabits to lascivious sexuality of all kinds, especially transgender or lesbian behaviour in women.[13]

Gede Nibo's parents are Baron Samedi and Maman Brigitte; Baron Samedi is the leader of the Gede and Barons and is depicted as bisexual dandy or occasionally transgender, wearing a top-hat and frock coat along with a woman's skirt and shoes. Samedi has a tendency toward "lascivious movements" that cross gender boundaries and also imply a lust for anal sex.[14]

Other barons displaying gay behaviour are Baron Lundy and Baron Limba, who are lovers and teach a type of homoerotic nude wrestling at their school, believed to increase magical potency.[15] Baron Oua Oua, who often manifests with a childlike aspect, has been called the baron "most closely linked to homosexuality" by Vodou practitioners.[16]

Another lwa, Erzulie, is associated with love, sensuality and beauty. Erzulie can manifest aspects that are LGBT-related, including transgender or amazonian traits, in addition to traditionally feminine guises. When inhabiting men, these aspects can result in transgender or homoerotic behaviour, whereas they may result in lesbianism or anti-male sentiment in women. Erzulie Freda is seen as the protector of gay men, and Erzulie Dantor is associated with lesbians.[17]

[rockofeye]

Can a women marry a feminine Lwa like Erzulie Freda?

Hi,

The answer to this will change depending on who you talk to. There are people who will insist that same gender maryaj lwa will never take place, and there are people who will say it's fine, though less common.

I've seen women give rings to Freda and sign paperwork with her indicating a marriage, and I myself had a wibbly wobbly maryaj lwa because I am a masculine person who married masculine lwa while I wore masculine clothes, and also had female lwa come to my marriage, sit at the maryaj table, and formalize relationships.

How I have been taught is that you marry the lwa who ask, and who asks can lead to determining what needs to happen.

You didn't ask this specifically, but I'll say sexual orientation does not play into maryaj lwa. I know plenty of gay men who have married all the feminine lwa, and lesbians who married all the masculine lwa. Maryaj lwa isn't the same as our understandings of human marriage; it has nothing to do with attraction (though many folks experience attraction).

I hope this answers your question!

[the-girl-who-didnt-smile]

SLEEPING BEAUTY & ERZULIE FREDA

Reasons why Erzulie Freda should resemble Aurora.

Erzulie Freda's appearance is specifically inspired by Aurora not just because of the aesthetics, but to connect her to Sleeping Beauty. In a sense, Erzulie Freda is a sleeping goddess. It’s a lot harder for humans to access Erzulie Freda because she is avoiding Erzulie Dantor, whose domain is Earth. In addition to “What if Erzulie Dantor was cynical?” I think “What if Erzulie Freda was asleep?” is a really cool concept, as it makes the entire world of Hazbin Hotel take on a darker tone.

The other reason she is linked to Sleeping Beauty is an application of her powers. Erzulie Freda can induce Soul Slumber, a tranquil spiritual coma that puts one’s soul to sleep, dormant until she awakens them. She used this power on Alastor’s grandfather while he was in Heaven.

When Alastor's grandfather saw what was happening to his daughter, he was filled with righteous fury. He prayed ceaselessly to the Warrior God Ogun to overfill his soul, so that he could become an invincible God of War to slaughter Alastor's evil father and all of his kin.  Being wise and far-seeing, Ogun knew that Alastor's mother was destined to enter Heaven, and thus refused to destroy Alastor's grandfather's soul. The Warrior God denied every last one of his requests, but Alastor's grandfather would not stop praying to have his soul overfilled.

This was a most difficult time for Alastor's grandmother. Her mind knew that her daughter's pain would only be temporary, but her heart was as torn, distraught, and furious as her husband's. In the end, her mind won over, for she takes after Damballah and is most wise and rational. She had the mental strength to bring her husband before Damballah and Erzulie Freda. The three of them convinced the rational side of Alastor's grandfather that his daughter would soon enter Heaven, but his emotional side could not be quelled. At the beckoning of his beloved wife, he agreed to have Erzulie Freda place him under Soul Slumber.

As the righteous patriarch slept, his wife watched over him faithfully, awaiting the day their daughter would ascend to Heaven.