“…The imagery construction of several deities belonging to the religions of African origin in Brazil "permeates, even today, a hegemony of the sex/gender system where myths, in some way, also suffered from the payments perpetrated by colonization" (Passos, 2021, p. 24). That said, the Pomba-Gira emerges as a transgressive figure (divinity) who inhabits the imaginary of Brazilian society, as a woman dressed in red and who exudes danger (Barros & Bairrão, 2015). When we look at the Pomba-Gira, deities belonging to the Brazilian afro religious pantheon, as entities that have a gender performance, we allow for a break with several categories, such as "body," "sexuality," and "sex," thus causing the resignification of gender, through a figure that breaks with pre-established structures (Souza, 2019).…”