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2000 - Obatala: Santería and the White Robed King of the Orisha (Original Publications) ISBN 0-942272-63-3; 2001 - The Life and Works of Marie LaVeau (Original Publications) ISBN 0-942272-71-4; 2001 - Eshu-Eleggua Elegbara: Santería and the Orisha of the Crossroads (Original Publications) ISBN 0-942272-61-7 [7]
According to some priests, however, Obatala does not have a sex, since, according to the myths, he is the Father of Creation. Obatala is therefore the equivalent of God in the catholic syncretism who also does not have a specific sex. [9] Unlike other Orisha, Obatala only accepts offerings cooked in honey, as he has a distaste for dende oil. [9]
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 ...
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.
Although Obatala eats female animals due to his duality and age, after receiving Ochanla, the adherent must feed Ayagunna male animals and Ochanla female. Ayagunna is often envisioned in a similar fashion to Shango. He is a member of the fun-fun (white) court of Obatala as a divine king, as are all of his other manifestations.
No redemptive stone is left unturned in “On a Wing and a Prayer,” Sean McNamara’s formulaic dramatization of the true events surrounding civilian Doug White’s 2009 emergency landing of a ...
Not to waste Fonsi’s involvement, “Say a Little Prayer” features a musical sequence where his character casually performs the movie’s main track, “Prayer in Your Eyes,” for Adela on ...
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.