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Nàná Bùkùú - orisha of the river and of the earth; Ọbà - first wife of Ṣàngó and orisha of domesticity and marriage; Ọtìn - orisha of the river Otín, she is hunter and wife of Erinlẹ̀; Olókun - orisha of the ocean; Ọ̀ṣun - orisha who presides over love, intimacy, beauty, wealth, diplomacy and of the Osun river
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 orishas. [4]
Orishas (singular: orisha) [1] are divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba religion of West Africa and several religions of the African diaspora that derive from it, such as Haitian Vaudou, Cuban, Dominican and Puerto Rican Santería and Brazilian Candomblé.
Oshun (known as Ochún or Oxúm in Latin America) also spelled Ọṣun, is an orisha, a spirit, a deity, or a goddess that reflects one of the manifestations of God in the Ifá and Yoruba religions. She is one of the most popular and venerated orishas.
Oshun, an orisha of fresh "sweet" waters and the Osun River. Olokun, an ocean orisha. In Yoruba Mythology he was the god of all waters. Yemoja, originally the orisha of the Ogun River (largest river in Yoruba land) but became the orisha over the sea waves by way of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Originally was the metaphysical mother of all ...
In West African areas directly adjacent to the coast, Olokun takes a male form among his worshipers, while in the hinterland, Olokun is a female deity. [ 2 ] According to Yoruba traditions about their divine dynasty, Olokun - in her female incarnation - was the senior wife of Emperor Oduduwa .
Nana Buluku, also known as Nana Buruku, Nana Buku or Nanan-bouclou, is the female supreme being in the West African traditional religion of the Fon people (Benin, Dahomey) and the Ewe people . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She is one of the most influential deities in West African theology, and one shared by many ethnic groups other than the Fon people ...
Her name is a contraction of the Yoruba words Iye, a dialect variant of "ìyá" meaning "mother"; ọmọ, meaning "child"; and ẹja, meaning "fish"; roughly translated the term means "mother of fish children". This represents the vastness of her motherhood, her fecundity, and her reign over all living things.