# Erzulie Freda

This week's podcast is about Erzulie, a family of Voodoo loas connected to water, and to the Feminine in its various forms. We look at two of the loas in particular; Erzulie Freda, associated with love and sex, and Erzulie Dantor, a fierce protector figure often associated with the Black Madonna. M…

In our ninth episode, we discuss two love goddesses from Haitian Vodou. We talk about ways of dealing with trauma, how mythology can be a tangible part of history, and how a religion can be filled with love and healing. This episode contains a TRIGGER WARNING for discussions of slavery. For more i…

Covering all Loas. For the sake of my nonspeaking self here’s the names in order of all Loas and deities: Papa Legba, Ellegua, Ogun, Chango’, Obatalá, Oyá, Yemayá (Yemoja, lemanja), Oshun. Others: Adjassou-Linguetor, Agwé, Ayizan, Ayida Wedo, Azaca- Tonnerre, Babalú-Ayè, Baron Samedi, Black Hawk, D…

En este episodio muy especial de Songmess tenemos el honor de presentarles una serie de conversaciones que grabamos a lo largo de una tarde en la comunidad de Mata los Indios, en Villa Mella, Santo Domingo Norte. En esta primera parte, escucharán al director del Centro Cultural Kalunga, Boynayel Mo…