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Santeria is polytheistic, [60] revolving around deities called oricha, [61] ocha, [62] or santos ("saints"). [63] The term oricha can be both singular and plural, because Lucumí, the ritual language of Santería, lacks plural markers for nouns. [64]
The preferred spelling varies depending on the language in question: òrìṣà is the spelling in the Yoruba language, orixá in Portuguese, and orisha, oricha, orichá or orixá in Spanish-speaking countries.
Many of the myths associated with the oricha were transformed in Cuba, creating kinship relationships between different oricha which were not present in traditional West African mythologies. [20] Over time, the imported traditional African religions transformed into Santería, [17] a Cuban tradition that was evident by the end of the 19th ...
Eleguá (Legba) is known in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Mexico as the orisha and "owner" of caminos, or roads and paths.Elegua is also known as a “trickster” and is portrayed as both being very young and mischievous as well as very old and wise, encompassing the varying paths and phases of fate and life.
Aganjú - orisha that was a warrior king, walked with a sword as a staff, and is associated with fire. He is not associated with volcanoes in Yorùbáland in West Africa, contrary to what is believed in Cuban-style practice of orisa.
After this point, practitioners believe that the oricha literally lives within the initiate's head, [53] forming a binding relationship between the two. [46] A matanza animal sacrifice usually follows, designed to feed all of the major oricha. [54] At least five four-legged animals are usually killed at this point, often accompanied by 25 birds ...
Following the categories developed by the Nigerian scholar Peju Yemaje, Orunmila is recognized as a primordial Orisha, an ara orun, one that existed before the creation of humanity and resides in Heaven, as opposed to irun-male or irunmole, sacred beings living on Earth.
Orí is a Yoruba metaphysical concept.. Orí, literally meaning "head," refers to one's spiritual intuition and destiny.It is the reflective spark of human consciousness embedded into the human essence, and therefore is often personified as an Orisha in its own right.