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Shrine to Oshun in the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove. Oshun (also Ọṣun, Ochún, and Oxúm) is the Yoruba orisha associated with love, sexuality, fertility, femininity, water, destiny, divination, purity, and beauty, and the Osun River, and of wealth and prosperity in Voodoo. [1] [2] [3] She is considered the most popular and venerated of the 401 ...
A symbol of the Yoruba religion (Isese) with labels Yoruba divination board Opon Ifá. According to Kola Abimbola, the Yorubas have evolved a robust cosmology. [1] Nigerian Professor for Traditional African religions, Jacob K. Olupona, summarizes that central for the Yoruba religion, and which all beings possess, is known as "Ase", which is "the empowered word that must come to pass," the ...
Oshosi is the spirit associated with the hunt, forests, animals, and wealth. [2] [4] He is spirit of meals, because it is he who provides food.He is associated with lightness, astuteness, wisdom, and craftiness in the hunt.
Osun-Osogbo Main Entrance Gate . Osun-Osogbo is a sacred grove along the banks of the Osun river just outside the city of Osogbo, Osun State of Nigeria.. The Osun-Osogbo Grove is several centuries old [1] and is among the last of the sacred forests that once adjoined the edges of most Yoruba cities before extensive urbanization.
White roses are used as a ritual offering. [2] She is the Queen of the Ocean, the patron spirit of the fishermen and the survivors of shipwrecks, the feminine principle of creation, and the spirit of moonlight. Saturday is the consecrated day of Yemanjá. [4] Colors: light blue and crystal [5] Ritual garment color: light blue [4]
Awo in every tradition study the 256 Odu; each Odu is traditionally considered to include stories and prayers that have been passed down from the time that Orunmila walked the Earth as a prophet. [4] [5] [6] Some initiatory lineages have only male priests of Orunmila, while other lineages include female priestesses.
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Unlike other Orisha, Obatala only accepts offerings cooked in honey, as he has a distaste for dende oil. [9] Like any other Orisha, Obatala does not specifically eat the offering himself, but consumes the energy of the offering, or Axé. The expression "eat" is used as a symbolism for a spiritual form of feeding.