#possessions

A lwa of the oceans and seas, representing bounty, power, and mystery. She is one of the most powerful lwa and royalty, queen or princess of the sea alongside her husband or father Agwe. Like all sirens she is renowned for her alluring beauty, a spirit of love, passion, and sex, and similarly a darker side that drowns those who abuse their power. She is keeper of sacred knowledge and divination, her underwater palace full of treasures and secrets. She teaches magic to those who visit her, though they do not always visit willingly. She owns a powerful voice with which she enchants and sings, plays beautiful instruments by the sea, and is identified with the mirror that shows us our true reflections. With Agwe she aids the dead in their time anba dlo (under the water), the limbo before reaching the afterlife. When possessing someone she will not walk or speak; she is often accompanied by other mermaids in art, by Agwe, or by her sister or other form La Balene, the whale.

Pantheon: Vodou

Domain: Water, oceans, mystery and secrets, energy and power, magic, prophecy, music, mirrors, possessions, afterlife, death, wealth, fortune, sealife.

Alternate Names: La Sirène Diamant, sometimes called by the name La Balene.

Character Traits: Capricious, can be beautiful and alluring or deadly.

Visual Traits: In art she is shown as a woman with a fish's tail, often red or pink in color, holding a mirror or blowing her horn.

Symbolism: Horn, comb, mirror, mermaids.