When a subordinate chief challenged his rule, many townspeople were impressed by the subordinate’s feats of magic and deserted Shango. Different oral traditions refer to 400, 700, or 1,440 orisha. Other sources suggest that the number is « as many as you can think of, plus one more – an innumerable number ». Yoruba tradition often says that there are 400 + 1 orisha, which is associated with a sacred number. Sylvester I, but he is also sometimes associated with St. He is most often associated with Pope St.
His colors are green, red, white and yellow. Three or more babalawos will use the ikin (sacred palm nuts of Ifa) to ask Ifa which orisha has the person’s head. The erindiloggun (cowrie shells) of the godparent’s orishas are read in a specific head-marking reading. Most orisha houses perform the head-marking in one of three ways: What day is associated with Oshun? Oshun is commonly called the river orisha, or goddess, in the Yoruba religion and is typically associated with water, purity, fertility, love, and sensuality.Ģ February 31 December 8 December 7 September While Olokun is the Keeper of Secrets and rules over the depths of the ocean, Yemaya presides over the surface waters. She is the other half of Olokun, sometimes a sister and sometimes a wife (sometimes, both deities are androgynous). Yemaya is the orisha of the surface of the ocean. He casts a « thunderstone » to earth, which creates thunder and lightning, to anyone who offends him. However Who is the most powerful orisha? Ṣàngó is viewed as the most powerful and feared of the orisha pantheon. The Seven African Powers are consecrated into one eleke. Devotees from Cuba often replace Orunmilla with Babalu-Aye. Offerings of kola nut.Īnother common initiation is the intitiation into the Seven African Powers ( Elegua, Obatala, Oggun, Chango, Yemaya, Oshun, and Orunmilla). On the 5th day of each week (Friday), OSHUN & their temple gives offerings to the orisa, Osun, on behalf of members in the community who are looking to connect with the Great Mother. She is identified with the new crescent Moon and Venus.Īlthough, What day is Oshun day of the week? How do I call Oshun? To call upon Her, the proper greeting is, “Ori Ye Ye O”.
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