Here is a page with some fabulous information on Erzulie Dantor, her life, her siblings and her children. I strongly suggest before you do any work with or for Erzulie Dantor that you read up on her and fully understand who she is and how she operates.
- Erzulie Dantor, guardian and protector,
- Shield me and my loved ones from harm’s way.
- Defend us against all evil intentions and malice,
- Keep us safe within your divine embrace.
Prayer To Erzulie Dantor
The Erzulie is a goddess, spirit, or loa of love in Haitian Voudou. She has several manifestations or incarnations, but most prominent and well-known manifestations are Lasirenn (the mermaid), Erzulie Freda, and Erzulie Dantor. There are spelling variations of Erzulie, the other being Ezili.
Prayer to Erzulie Dantor
Erzulie Dantor is a powerful and fierce spirit in Haitian Vodou, often associated with motherhood, protection, and love. Those who seek her guidance and blessings often offer prayers to honor her and ask for her intercession in their lives. Below are 9 prayers to Erzulie Dantor, each offering a heartfelt plea for her aid and protection.
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Prayer for Protection
Dear Erzulie Dantor, mighty mother and protector, I come before you seeking your divine shield and guidance. Surround me with your fierce love and protection, keeping me safe from harm and evil forces. Watch over me and my loved ones, guiding us through life’s challenges with your strength and grace.
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Prayer for Love and Relationships
Erzulie Dantor, goddess of love and passion, I humbly ask for your blessings in matters of the heart. Help me nurture and cultivate love in my relationships, and grant me the wisdom to navigate the complexities of human connection. May your fierce love empower me to love and be loved in return.
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Prayer for Strength and Courage
Mighty Erzulie Dantor, source of strength and courage, I call upon you in times of need. Grant me the fortitude to face my fears and overcome obstacles with unwavering determination. May your fierce spirit imbue me with the bravery to persevere through life’s trials and emerge victorious.
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Prayer for Healing
Gentle Erzulie Dantor, healer of hearts and bodies, I ask for your comforting touch in times of illness and pain. Restore me to health and wholeness, both physically and emotionally, so that I may live with vitality and strength. May your compassionate love bring healing and peace to my body, mind, and soul.
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Prayer for Prosperity
Erzulie Dantor, generous provider and sustainer, I seek your assistance in matters of abundance and prosperity. Bless me with opportunities for financial stability and success, guiding me towards wealth and affluence. May your bountiful blessings flow into my life, allowing me to thrive and prosper in all endeavors.
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Prayer for Guidance and Clarity
Wise Erzulie Dantor, beacon of knowledge and insight, I turn to you for guidance and clarity in times of confusion and uncertainty. Illuminate my path with your wisdom and intuition, leading me towards the right decisions and choices. May your divine light shine bright upon me, showing me the way forward with confidence and purpose.
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Prayer for Justice and Equality
Erzulie Dantor, champion of the oppressed and marginalized, I implore you to bring justice and fairness to all who suffer from injustice and discrimination. Stand with the vulnerable and voiceless, advocating for their rights and dignity in a world filled with inequality and prejudice. May your fierce advocacy empower us to create a more just and equitable society for all.
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Prayer for Comfort and Support
Compassionate Erzulie Dantor, source of solace and comfort, I seek your nurturing presence in times of grief and sorrow. Wrap me in your loving embrace, soothing my pain and offering me solace in my time of need. May your compassionate love bring me peace and healing as I navigate the challenges of loss and sadness.
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Prayer for Gratitude and Devotion
Erzulie Dantor, beloved mother and guardian, I come before you with a heart full of gratitude and devotion. Thank you for your constant love and protection, for guiding me through life’s journeys with your unwavering presence. I offer you my love and loyalty, honoring you as the divine source of all that is good and righteous in this world.
“Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.” – Psalm 66:20
May these prayers to Erzulie Dantor bring comfort, guidance, and blessings to all who seek her divine intercession in their lives. Let us honor her with faith and devotion, trusting in her power to uplift and protect us in our time of need. Amen.
Latin Prayers For Protection From Evil Spirits
You will need an altar before you do anything else. This is a good site that explains ways to set up a Vodou/Hoodoo altar.
The next thing to do for this spell/conjure is to make your Justice Oil. Here is the recipe:
Voodoo/Hoodoo Justice Oil
- Some soil from a courthouse
- Three iron nails
- Pinch of soil from a police station
- Plastic spray bottle
- Olive Oil
Putting it together
- Add the courthouse soil, the three iron nails and the pinch of soil from the police station to your plastic bottle. Shake well.
- While you are shaking the mixture, pray one Our Father and three Hail Marys
- Add the olive oil to cover.
- Shake well again.
- Spray the candle you are using for your conjure/spell while reciting Psalm 82
Working the Conjure/Spell
*Keep in mind that Mama Dantor is served on Tuesdays.
What you will need:
- An altar.
- An image of Erzulie Dantor (you can download and print one off the interwebs)
- A blue candle that has been dedicated and consecrated to Erzulie Dantor using Justice Oil
- A silver ring with a red or blue stone, preferably Or you can use any silver ring.
- Unfiltered cigarettes (or you can use incense, but make SURE that you tell Mama Dantor WHY you are using it).
- A bottle of rum.
- A bible.
- A picture of the person you want Mama Dantor to protect or exact justice or retribution for (if you don’t have a photo you can write his or her name and date of birth on separate bits of paper and work those out the way you would a picture).
- A picture of the person you want Mama Dantor to exact her vengeance/justice/retribution on (if you don’t have a picture, you can write his or her name and date of birth on separate bits of paper and work them the way you would the picture).
Doing the work:
- Put your image of Erzulie Dantor on your altar.
- Place the person’s picture you want Mama Dantor to protect under the blue candle.
- Light the candle.
- Say this, “Erzulie Dantor, I offer up to you . Protect her/him and keep her/him safe from harm as she/he is hurting and helpless. Anais remember your pains and convince your mother to take this child as her own!”
- Then offer your silver ring to Mama Dantor as an offering and say this, “Mama Dantor, I offer this ring of your retribution against this abusive man/woman who takes innocence and virtue from the helpless!”
- Light your cigarette and let the smoke waft around the altar and put the bottle of rum on the altar as well and say this, “As further payment I offer you this cigarette smoke and this rum. Hear me Mama and bring justice upon his/her head! Ache.”
- Let the candle burn out on it’s own and know that she will wreak havoc on his/her life.
- As an extra, take a picture of the person you are wanting Mama Dantor to wreak her vengeance/justice/retribution on and put it face down on top of Psalm 82 in the bible. Close the bible and slam it down on a table and say this, “I call on the rigteous justice of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit!”
- Put your image of Erzulie Dantor on your altar.
- Place the person’s picture you want Mama Dantor to protect under the blue candle.
- Light the candle.
- Say this, “Erzulie Dantor, I offer up to you . Protect her/him and keep her/him safe from harm as she/he is hurting and helpless. Anais remember your pains and convince your mother to take this child as her own!”
- Then offer your silver ring to Mama Dantor as an offering and say this, “Mama Dantor, I offer this ring of your retribution against this abusive man/woman who takes innocence and virtue from the helpless!”
- Light your cigarette and let the smoke waft around the altar and put the bottle of rum on the altar as well and say this, “As further payment I offer you this cigarette smoke and this rum. Hear me Mama and bring justice upon his/her head! Ache.”
- Let the candle burn out on it’s own and know that she will wreak havoc on his/her life.
- As an extra, take a picture of the person you are wanting Mama Dantor to wreak her vengeance/justice/retribution on and put it face down on top of Psalm 82 in the bible. Close the bible and slam it down on a table and say this, “I call on the rigteous justice of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit!”
How To Communicate With Erzulie Dantor
Erzulie Dantor is the Voodoo goddess of love, romance, art, jealousy, passion, & sex. Erzulie Dantor is the patron loa of lesbian women, fierce protector of women experiencing domestic violence and patron loa of New Orleans. Beauty, love, and sensuality are her Creations. Emotions are what link her to the endless reservoir of universal creativity. Erzulie Dantor offers to you protection and possibilities beyond the imagination. Erzulie Dantor is a mulatto woman who is often portrayed as the Black Madonna, or the Roman Catholic “Saint Barbara Africana”. She has tribal scars on her cheek, and is considered heterosexual because she has children, but she is also the patron loa of lesbian women. Thus, she loves women fiercely, and will defend them to the death. She loves knives and is considered the protector of newly consecrated Voodoo priests and priestesses, as well as of women and children who are victims of domestic violence, and women who have been betrayed by a lover. She is highly respected and much feared due to her Woman Power. Most Haitian women serve Dantor, and she is also the patron loa of New Orleans and so she is served by many there as well. She also supports independent business women and is the patron of women’s finances. Many women invoked Erzulie Dantor against their partners (male or female) should they become violent. And enlightened men also serve Dantor, especially men who honor, love and respect women.
Erzulie’s personal story is a tragedy. She was a warrioress who fought with her people during the Haitian revolution. However, her own people cut out her tongue so that she would not tell their secrets should she be captured. Thus, she is mute and can only speak a stammering monosyllable, “ke-ke-ke-ke-ke!” This is the sound of her tongue clicking on the roof of her mouth. She is often pictured with her daughter Anais, who serves as her translator and interpreter.
Ideally, you will begin at your altar. It is advisable to have altar candles and spiritual incense burning at the time of use. To begin, you will need to ask Papa Legba to open the gates to the spirit world so that you can ask Erzulie Dantor for a favor. To do so, recite the following three times:
Odu Legba, Papa Legba, open the door, Your children are waiting. Papa Legba, open the door, your children await!
You can now use your Voodoo doll as a focusing tool for creating the change you seek. Erzulie is particularly useful for improving love, happiness, and emotional strength. Concentrate on the outcome you wish to occur.
You may now ask her for assistance in creating the change you seek. You may write a petition if you wish. Make an offering for three days following your request. Appropriate offerings include lighting a special pink candle, placing a small plate of food from your dinner on her altar, or flowers. Erzulie is particularly fond of French perfumes, honey, oranges, pumpkins, gold, mirrors, and French pastries. Her favorite color is pink, and her favorite animal is the white dove. Be creative!
When you are finished, place Erzulie Dantor in your kitchen or in the bedroom as these are the best places in the home for her. Finally, be sure to thank her for the favor, and be sure to thank Papa Legba for connecting you to her.
Erzulie Dantor’s colors are navy blue and golden yellow. The image of Santa Barbara Africana, not the Santa Barbara used to represent Chango in the Lukumi tradition, serves as her representation. She is depicted as a black woman with tribal scars on her cheeks, a boy child in one arm, rich robes and a crown. Dantor loves silver chains and other items of silver jewelry, Creme de Cacao, black female pigs, Reve d’Or perfume, and daggers. When she possesses a person she is all but mute – she points at what she wants and she says “Ke-ke-ke-ke-ke-ke!” and “Te-te-te-te-te-te!”
Here is a song about Dantor which describes her affinity for knives and her indestructibility:
Set kout kouto, set kout pwenya,
Prete m dedin a pou m al vomi sang mwen,
Set kout kouto, set kout pwenya,
Prete m dedin a pou mal vomi sang mwen,
Sang mwen ape koule.
Seven stabs of the knife, seven stabs of the dagger,
Lend me the basin so I can vomit my blood,
Seven stabs of the knife, seven stabs of the dagger,
Lend me the basin so I can comit my blood,
My blood is pouring down.
She is a Petro lwa, but she is not served with red. Erzulie Dantor offers her devotees her protection, but more than that she is a capital magician! She has two husbands, Simbi Makaya and Ti-Jean Petro, both important magicians in their own right. Because of her fierce nature, although she is a lwa of orthodox Vodou, she is frequently referred to as a “djab”.
Here is another song for Dantor which points to her magical abilities:
- Erzulie fanm Ti-Jean metres kay la,
- Erzulie fanm Ti-Jean metres kay la,
- Pa rele, se ou pote Houngan nivo,
- Pa rele, so ou pote wanga pi fo,
- Erzulie fanm Ti-Jean metres kay la,
- Paket mwen a tout mare.
- Erzulie Ti-Jean’s woman, mistress of the house,
- Erzulie Ti-Jean’s woman, mistress of the house,
- Don’t cry out, it’s you who carries the new Houngan,
- Don’t cry out, it’s you who carries the strongest spells,
- Erzulie Ti-Jean’s woman, mistress of the house,
My paket is all tied up.
A paket is a power object made during the bat guerre, the opening ceremony of Vodou initiation. Interestingly, pakets are among the very few Petro-related objects permitted in the initiatory djevo. Most Haitian women serve Dantor. She is the patron of women’s finances, and supports independant businesswomen. She is also the defender of women against violence by men, so Haitian women invoke her against their domestic partners should they become violent. Lesbian women in particular are considered to be under the patronage of Dantor, but of course one need not be a lesbian woman to serve her. And men also serve Dantor, especially men who really love to be with women.
To serve Erzulie Dantor, here is what to do: Prepare an altar draped in navy blue and yellow. Provide offerings of Creme de Cacao and cooked pork. You can offer her cooked sweet potatos as well. Put the food offerings in bowls or plates that you only use for Dantor. In each food offering place a small dark blue or yellow candle. If you have more than one food offering, use both colors. You may also place on your altar silver chains, daggers, and rich perfumes such as Amarige, since Reve d’Or is unavailable in the USA except in Haitian botanicas. If you are an initiate, do NOT use your asson, Erzulie Dantor is a Petro lwa and is therefore served with a maraca, which even non-initiates may use. Light a dark blue or golden yellow candle, spray yourself and the altar with perfume. Say the Lord’s Prayer or some other appropriate prayer. Then invoke the lwa Legba in the Petro branch with the following words:
- Legba, Papa Legba, open the gate for the lwa!
- Open the gate for the djab, Papa Legba!
- Open the gate for the lwa!
- We have arrived, we wait for them.
- Let us go, Papa Legba, let us go!
- Let us go, Papa Legba, let us go!
- We will go see what is happening in that house,
- We will go see where Legba commands.
- Now call on Dantor!
If you know the songs for Dantor above, sing them; if not, repeat the words. Shake your maraca and call Dantor. Say this: “Erzulie Dantor, strong and fierce! Make magic for me. I offer you these things to eat and drink, these beautiful objects for you.” At this point, present each thing you offer Dantor to the four directions, i.e., lift them to the east, west, north and south.
“Erzulie Dantor, wife of Ti-Jean, wife of Simbi Makaya, mother of a child, be my mother too! Help me, protect me, fight for me!” Then name your specific requests. If there is a person or a problem that is particularly bothering you, write down the person’s name or a description of the problem on a piece of rich paper decorated in blue and gold. Fold the paper several times. When you fold it, fold it away from you rather than towards you. Then place the paper on the altar and STAB IT! Stab it seven times and say, “I win! I overcome! You can’t beat me; you have no power over me! Erzulie Dantor is my mother, and you can’t hurt me any more! Down with you! DOWN WITH YOU!” After this is done, sit quietly in front of your altar for a while, then leave the room and let the candles in the food offerings burn out. Watch and see what happens, and especially pay attention to your dreams and to your relationships with other women.