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Record 1 2019-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of Women
  • Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence
OBS

The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children is a joint collaboration between academics at Simon Fraser University and community and women's organizations working at the grass-roots level. The FREDA Centre is committed to participatory action research, focused specifically on violence against women and children, and works in the interests of the community to end this violence.

Key term(s)
  • The FREDA Center for Research on Violence Against Women and Children
  • The FREDA Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie des femmes
  • Sociologie de l'enfance et de l'adolescence
Key term(s)
  • The FREDA Center for Research on Violence Against Women and Children
  • The FREDA Center

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Religious Sects - Various
DEF

A Dahomean deity who reigns like a queen in Haitian vodun.

CONT

Erzilie Fréda as Haitians say, is everyone's girl. Her recognized lovers are Agoué, Damballah and Ogun. She differs in characters from La Maîtresse Sirène, the faithful mermaid wife of Agoué, and from Baron Samedi Mistress of the Dead, Brigitte.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultes divers
CONT

C'est une mulâtresse, un loa qui représente la beauté et la grâce et dont la vie amoureuse est tissée de malheurs. Elle correspond à la Vierge Mater Dolorosa ou à la Vierge d'Altagrâce ou à Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel, car les bijoux dont la Vierge est parée et son cœur transpercé d'un glaive évoquent la richesse et l'amour propre à Erzilie-Freda-Dahomey.

CONT

Mulâtresse aux longs cheveux, toujours parée de bijoux, Ezili Freda est une femme connue pour sa vie scandaleuse : maîtresse d'Agwé, lwa de la mer, elle est la concubine de Dambala, a des liaisons avec Ogou et se laisse courtiser par le lwa Gédé Nibo. Tantôt jalouse, tantôt mélancolique, elle peut être prise de très violentes colères.

CONT

[...] Ogou [...] entretient des rapports intimes avec de nombreux autres lwa, dont Ezili qui personnifie la beauté et la sensualité et réside dans les eaux.

OBS

Mythiquement elle a tous les charmes de la créole antillaise. On la dit coquette, sensuelle, amie du luxe et du plaisir, dépensière à l'extravagance.

Spanish

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