Xuxulu

Xuxulu (Pronounced shoo-shoo-LOO) is a lesser Macumba and Santería water goddess or spirit (Orixá) associated mainly (but not exclusively) to pools and other places where large amounts of water are held, as well as leisure and the wild forests.

According to the myth, Xuxulu was a water-dwelling spirit who gained prevalecence over pools and fountains when Iemanjá (deity of seas) and Oxum (deity of rivers) exiled her from the Orixá community due to her popularity among young men and boys. When her followers could not find her at her usual rest place near the shore of a river, Xuxulu's playful voice guided them down to a small fountain where she was singing.

Xuxulu is invoked by offerings of beer and other alcoholic beverages, ripe apples and songs which are performed both in Lukumi and in Portuguese. Xuxulu's characteristic dancing takes place on pools or fountains, and involves pirouettes done by a couple of dancers.