Ezili Je Wouj

THE RETRIEVED TREATMENT GIVES HER A NAME AND A GLOSS AND NOTHING ELSE, and the record carries a name and a gloss. The epithet is the evidence: 'red eyes' is what the source supplies, so it is entered as an epithet with its translation rather than expanded into a character sketch this batch cannot source.

Domains

• the ezili
• rage

Epithets

• Je Wouj

Relations

• of the ezili with: Ezili Freda

Sources

• Reference treatment of the Ezili: the manifestations of the Ezili family of Haitian Vodou include Ezili Dantò, Ezili Freda, Lasirenn, Ezili Je Wouj ('red eyes'), Gran Ezili and Ezili Kokobe ('the shrivelled'); Ezili Freda is a Rada lwa who represents romantic love and erotic sexuality, while Ezili Dantò is Petwo and represents the hardworking and sometimes angry mother, the Mother of Haiti, the warrior who fought for the freedom of her people and of her children, the spirit of the marketplace, of hard work and of motherhood; Gran Ezili is a well-known Rada spirit.