#Oshun is the Yorùbá Orisha (Deity) of the sweet or fresh waters (as opposed to the salt waters of #Yemaya). She is widely loved, as She is known for healing the sick and bringing fertility and prosperity, and She especially watches over the poor and brings them what they need. Oshun is the Orisha of love. She can be the sweetest, kindest, most generous person you will ever meet. She is beautiful, charismatic and has great taste in everything. She appreciates the finer things in life (gold especially). She loves to laugh and wants everyone to be happy. You can always tell when she’s around because everyone just gets real silly and starts to giggle. Well, that and everyone seems to get just a little more sexy. She is graceful and loves to dance. With the African diaspora, Oshun was brought to the Americas, and adopted into the pantheons that branched out of the African traditions. In the Brazilian religion of Candomblé, which retains close ties with the Yorùbá religion, as well as in Cuban Santeriá, She is called Oxum. In Haitian Vodou She is an inspiration for Erzulie or Ezili, also a Deity of water and love. • • • #pebbly #PebblysBHM #DCorNothing #TheMidnightGrind #RichBy2020 • • • • • #orishas #yoruba #ancestors #alchemy #mother #motherhood #protector #protected #goddess #priestess #elevated #centered #freeyourmind #sisterhood #orishablessed #bhm #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #AfricanHistory #blavity #blackcreatives #TheMoreYouKnow