De quel domaine Aziri est-elle la divinite ?

Elle regne sur les eaux douces, les rivieres et les lacs, et incarne la beaute, l'amour, la seduction et la richesse dans les traditions vodoun du Benin.

Quel lien Aziri a-t-elle avec Erzulie ?

Transportee dans les Ameriques par la traite atlantique, Aziri est consideree comme une source de la figure d'Erzulie du vodou haitien, deesse de l'amour et des eaux.

D'ou vient le nom d'Aziri ?

Son nom est rattache a Azili, un lac sacre du Benin dont elle serait la personnification, ce qui l'ancre dans le culte des eaux douces.

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AZIRI

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Goddess

☥ SpiritBenin →Benin — BeninElder

Gender: FeminineSign: richesse

Aziri, also spelled Azili, is a feminine vodun of the fresh waters in the Fon and Ewe traditions of the old Dahomey, present-day Benin. Her name is attached to Azili, a sacred lake of Benin of which she is said to be the personification. A deity of beauty, seduction, love and wealth, she lives at the bottom of the rivers and watches over the beings of the waters. She is credited with the power to draw prosperity and to govern the markets and exchanges. She belongs to the lineage of the feminine water deities of the Gulf of Guinea, often likened to Mami Wata. Through the Atlantic slave trade, her cult carried on into the Americas, where she is regarded as a matrix of the Erzulie figure of Haitian Vodou and is found, under close names, in the Afro-Brazilian traditions of the Jeje. Aziri thus embodies the feminine power that unites fresh water, love, fecundity and fortune.

Powers & Attributes

wealthlove

Role in the ROHO universe

Diplomat of hearts. AZIRI negotiates alliances with honey and softens angers. Bound to the Benin pantheon.

Sacred Mask

An ancient ritual mask of sacred wood, old metal and black stone, engraved with symbols of wealth and love, embodiment of the power of Aziri

Era

Ancient cycle

Frequently asked questions

Of which domain is Aziri the deity?

She reigns over the fresh waters, the rivers and the lakes, and embodies beauty, love, seduction and wealth in the vodun traditions of Benin.

What bond does Aziri have with Erzulie?

Carried to the Americas by the Atlantic slave trade, Aziri is regarded as a source of the Erzulie figure of Haitian Vodou, goddess of love and of the waters.

Where does the name Aziri come from?

Her name is attached to Azili, a sacred lake of Benin of which she is said to be the personification, which anchors her in the cult of the fresh waters.

Related spirits

AYABA IFA MAWU ASHIAKLE

Sources and references

Luis Nicolau Pares, The Formation of Candomble: Vodun History and Ritual in Brazil (2013)