Ezili Danto is a darkskinned, hardworking country woman who dresses in blue, red, or multicolored fabrics. She has no husband, but is fiercely devoted to Anais, her daughter. She is associated with black pigs; black madonnas such as Mater Salvatoris; or other madonnas with children, such as Our Lady of Mount Carmel. In these images, the child in the Virgin's arms or on her lap is understood as a daughter. The scratches on Danto's cheek are a reminder of her bitter rivalry with Freda, her city cousin. A knife is encoded in her sacred sign or cosmograph and that of her alter-ego, the angry Ezili 'Red Eyes.' Danto likes the scent of Florida Water, drinks raw rum, savors fried pork, and smokes unfiltered Camels.

Papier maché pig		'Erzulie Dantor' by Célestin Faustin