I am very drawn to these 4 Orisha. I have to leave my Greek dieties behind now. It's bittersweet because they had their place in my life but I have since uncovered my ancestral lineage and since I am not Greek or Roman, I will be thanking them for being there and guiding me untill I was able to find out more about myself and my past.
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Yemoja
Orisha of the sea and creation. She is loving and nurturing. Her home is the oceans and she will guard her children fiercely.
Osanyin
Orisha of magic and herbs. He is the keeper of the ase that is within the leaves. No Orisha can perform rituals without Osanyin because if this. He uses birds to find out information.
Orunmila
Orisha of divination and fate. He knows what will happen in all the lives of humans and animals. He knows when someone will be born and how they will die and uses kakoi nuts in his bowl for divination.
Oya
Orisha of storms and wind. She is fierce and heralds change. She is a force to be reckoned with and will stand strong in the face of any adversary, cutting them down with her sword.
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These are very very short descriptions of these Orishas. They have complicated stories, like why Osanyin only has one leg, one arm, is blind in one eye and has a HUGE ear... just the one. I feel very connected to this Orisha because of his connection to herbs and magic.
I am not a sculptor, but in order to have the pieces I need for the altars I would like to make for each of them, I had to make them myself. They are perfect because I made them and they are of personal value to me 💓
November Volita piece!! Which is... not as late as it could be :' ) Set in Ether, this is their first meeting several years after Vo'jin disappears, and Amita wanders into the wilderness to find and tame an Arakanok... no easy feat.
Tray (Opon Ifa) (circa 1930s) by Areogun of Osi-Ilorin (Yoruba, 1880-1954)
Used by a male or female diviner, this tray features the image of Eshu, the Yoruba divine mediator between the spirit and human realms. His face is framed by mothers kneeling to make offerings in bowls. A priest holding a staff below one of them refers to Osanyin, the Yoruba god of herbal medicine. The carved band of cowrie shells recalls the real shells that are cast onto the tray during a divination session.
@giornoweek2k19 Day Six: #AU&CrossoverDay #FantasyMith&Fiction Have Giorno as Orisha Òsanyìn (or Osain/Ossaim/Ossain in Latin America), yoruba deity of health, herbs, medical rituals and leaves in general.
Some info after the cut
Attention: this is about a religion deity from an African matrix, worshiped by several groups in Africa, America and in some few places in other continents. The artist is a religious of this creed and has total respect for the symbols and meanings present in this iconography. Please have respect.
Òsanyìn is the doctor of the orishas who is worshiped in Batuque, one of the several religions of African matrix practiced in Brazil. He is the master of medicinal plants and their studies. Its importance is fundamental in the African rites from a simple wash of head until the settlement of orishas begin with the use of its herbs.
All herbs, teas, leaves and vegetation belong to Òsanyìn; he is the one who releases the magical property of the leaves in the rituals of the Orishas.
The legends say that it was Oya, mistress of the storms, who waved her skirt and caused the winds to spread the leaves, so that the other Orishas could take some, but in general belong to Òsanyìn.
Also it is said that this Orisha had one of the legs amputated, so in most cases, when manifested, he dances and moves in one leg. Of course he rules the flora, and because of the healing power of the plants, being the owner of the knowledge about the effectiveness of each of them, he is one of the Orishas "doctors" of the Orunmalé.
