Editing Ezili Dantor (section)

{{Short description|Loa in Haitian Vodou}}
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[[File:Vevé Ezili Dantor.jpg|thumb|Metalwork reproducing Èzili Dantò's [[Veve|vèvè]]]]
'''Èzili Dantò''' or Erzulie Dantor is the main [[loa]] (or ''lwa'') or senior spirit of the [[Petro loa|Petro]] family in [[Haitian Vodou]]. Ezili Danto, or Èzili Dantò, is the "manifestation of Erzulie, the divinity of love." It is said that Ezili Danto has a dark complexion and is maternal in nature. The Ezili are feminine spirits in Haitian Vodou that personify womanhood.<ref name=":03">{{Cite book |last=Neale Hurston |first=Zora |title=Zora Neale Hurston, Haiti, and Their Eyes Were Watching God |publisher=Northwestern University Press |year=2013 |isbn=9780810166585 |location=ProQuest Ebook Central |pages=xi, 49–54, 79–80 |language=English}}</ref> 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 [[Mami Wata|Lasirenn (the mermaid)]], [[Ezili Freda|Erzulie Freda]], and Erzulie Dantor. There are spelling variations of Erzulie, the other being Ezili. They are English interpretations of a Creole word, but do not differ in meaning.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dayan |first=Joan |date=1994 |title=Erzulie: A women's history of Haiti |journal=Research in African Literatures |volume=25 |issue=2 }}</ref>