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4 unusual facts about Erzulie


Erzulie

In the Steely Dan song "Two Against Nature" (the third track from the album of the same name), the narrator describes Madame Erzulie as a succubus who "bangs you silly but leaves a nasty bite."

A 1988 solo album by free-jazz pianist Cecil Taylor is called Erzulie Maketh Scent.

Natalie Venetia Belcon

Her other Broadway credits include the role of Joanne Jefferson in Rent and Erzulie in Once on This Island.

Rockbitch

The latter two were primarily sexually explicit performers, described as 'Archetypes of the Dark Feminine psyche' personifying Kali, the Hindu Goddess of death, and Erzulie, the Voudoo Goddess of Love.



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