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Erzulie Gogol
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| Mrs. Gogol | |
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| Name | Erzulie Gogol |
| Age | unknown, probably around 50 |
| Race | Human |
| Occupation | Voodoo Witch |
| Looks | black skin |
| Residence | Swamp, Genua |
| Death | |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | |
| Children | Ella Saturday |
| Marital Status | mostly widowed |
| Books | Witches Abroad |
| Cameos | |
Mrs. Gogol is a voodoo witch. She's also a great cook. Her only appearance so far has been in Witches Abroad, where she allied with the Lancre witches, but nearly fell out with Granny Weatherwax over the spoils of victory. She lives in the swamp just outside Genua, in a hut on legs, together with Baron Saturday. She smokes a pipe. Her cottage can move about on duck-like feet over land or water. The ambulatory house is not unique; on Roundworld, Baba Yaga's walked on chicken legs (she didn't live in a swamp.)
Mrs. Gogol's Genuan style of magic, besides the entrancing cooking, includes the raising of Gods and Zombies. She is adept at scrying and Headology. The cooking itself may be used as a means of predicting the future, by the bubbles and patterns of ingredients: an edible I Ching. Her familiar, Legba, is a black cock who can even daunt Nanny Ogg's fearsome cat, Greebo.
As an interesting cross-reference, there is a Mrs Gurgle in Nation who serves as shamaness and de facto witch: but this is possibly a coincidence!
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