There are many interesting stories about the romantic, passionate inter rivalry that existed between Oshun and Oya. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. She then made the following pronouncement: From today on, all women without any exception. To which Olodumare replied as follows: But he would never create any person or thing twice. He then put it inside the pocket of his own garment. VIEWS. As such Oshun has the key and the secrets of Ifa, the fount of sacred wisdom. The other spirits that were sent began the work and ignored Ọṣun. In the Ifa verse quoted above, Osun was the first person to find the bag of wisdom, but when the bag slipped through the broken pocket of her big garment, Orunmıla accidentally stumbled on it and kept it. We will start with the popular view of the involvement of Osun in Ifa divination which states that she got to know about Ifa through Orunmıla, her husband. Ifa, do you not deserve praise? According to the Ifa Literary Corpus, Ọṣun was the only female Irunmole (primordial spirit) sent to assist Shango to create the world by Olodumare. Let us now turn our attention to two other matters which confirm our suspicion. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She drinks maize beer instead. A 29-year-old And that all of them should go and beg Osun. We are doing everything according to his instructions.”. There was illness, bitterness, and restlessness all over the earth. The Yoruba Hills run through the northern part of Osun state. Orunmila then decided to reward Osun for saving his life, and that was how he put together the sixteen-cowry system of divination and taught Osun how to use it. We can go further to speculate that the apparent simplicity of the signs of eerındınlogun and even the short nature of some of its literature are indications of its antiquity upon which the more elaborate signs and wider frame of reference of Ifa were based. But Orunmıla replied that since she was a woman, they did not involve her. Let me now quote a short portion of this verse of Ogbe’Sa. ( Log Out /  But since Orunmıla had performed sacrifice before he left earth, he was miraculously saved by Osun who successfully hid Orunmıla from the cannibals, and substituted goat meat for the flesh of Orunmıla which the cannibals had planned to eat on that particular day. Olodumare would say that he wanted to see all of them. We return back to our tribal roots using ancestor reverence and Afro- Native indigenous folk medicine & rootwork as the center of the healing process. OSHUN THE AFRICAN GODDESS OF BEAUTY, LOVE, PROSPERTIY, ORDER, AND FERTILITY: A PRAISE TO OUR ORGINAL AFRICAN MATRIARCH – By: JIDE UWECHIA, It is said that “Oshun is beneficient and generous, and very kind. -- Who must be present at every important deliberation. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Modupe muito bom , esclarecedo aboru aboye. Ose’Tura today is a minor Odu of Ifa, but he governs all sacrifices and rituals of Ifa. In fact, a recent chanter of Osun’s literature refers to her as. ...a tale of woe and genocide at Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, a border town to Oyo State by men of the Nigerian Army. A calabash containing the sacrifice materials that would be used to appease and worship the goddess is carried across town by a votary virgin, on her head. Oshun Saves Earth From Destruction By Calling Back The Waters. I feel honoured to be of Osun lineage and even closer to this beautiful orisa. She is known as the mother of the fishes of the seas and the birds of the forest. she bless me everyday!!! She beheaded their enemies and freed the people of Ido. Orunmıla reported back to his colleagues what Osun told him. He petted the baby and coddled it. He bequeathed unto Her the secret of divination and mysticsm just live Kemitic Father Ra(s) bequeathed unto daughter Isis the secret of divination and mysticm. The peacock and the vulture are sacred to Her. The Orisha are gods that came originally from Nigeria, in West Africa, as part of the Yoruba religion. Medicines and all other profound wisdom of the Yoruba people. The purpose of this essay is to examine the intimate connection of Osun with Ifa divination both in her own right as a person, and through the instrumentality of Osetuura, her son. He further said that even though she did not go into details. Oshun Ololodi — Oshun, the diviner. Let us quote a few lines from this Odu at this juncture: Whereas Osun was the person taking care of them. All these and more are contained in the stories of Osun as enshrined in the Ifa corpus, a body of knowledge which she probably founded or at least helped to establish together with Orunmıla. That is why Yemese is celebrated in Ido with the following song: Space will not allow us to go into other areas of the contributions of Osun to the religion and culture of the Yoruba people as a loyal wife of Sango, her second husband; as a physician who cures with her own water; as a founder of the Ogboni society to maintain truth and justice in the land; or even as the only Orısa who knows how to deceive the “cannibals” of heaven (see first story, above). Like Isis, She brought the teaching of divinations, mysticism, agriculture and culture to humans. 2nd January 2020. in South-west Magazine. The gods travelled with African people who were stolen as slaves from Africa and brought to North and Central America. It happened at a time that Olodumare summoned all the four hundred-and-one Orisa to Orun. Whenever anybody was making a sacrifice, Osetuura, the son of Osun, must be invoked last before the sacrifice was delivered to Esu. In fact a certain confluence of two rivers at a rapid in one of the wetern state of Nigeria is named after Osun and Oya due to the intimidating turbulence that marks the point of intersetion. In her form of the diviner She is the wife or lover of Orunmila, the first prophet of Ifa divination. The Osun State government on Sunday confirmed the discovery of five cases of the United Kingdom COVID-19 variant in the state. One claims that female spirits were tempted to take matters into their own hands, but all of their creative attempts failed because they acted without male spiritual leadership. In this sense, Osun is the icon not only of women, but of all creation. The result was that things did not go well for them. Since her children had taken up all available space, Osun was always found standing up. I will, indeed, put forward the hypothesis that the entire divination system of Ifa started from Osun from whom it got to Orunmıla and not the other way round. Orunmıla said that the good turn which she did for him, This was the most important reason why Orunmıla. But whether he would throw it into a forest. OyekuOfun@yahoo.com Since Osun and Orunmıla were a very intimate couple, both of them decided to search for the bag together. Osun is one of the river goddesses in Yorubaland, she is noted for providing for the needs of the people. ( Log Out /  It stands to reason to say that a single sign such as Odı. We are an Ifa and Orisha Temple located in Arcata, Humboldt County, California. Possession of her devotees is one of her principal manifestation and in such states, devotees are filled with clarity, confidence, joy, love, bliss and laugher. Ifa, you really deserve praise! Of all the Orısa who use sixteen cowries. In some tales She is said to be a mermaid, with a fish’s tail, in other more urban legends some claim She is the equivalent of Mami-water. Then Orunmıla, the father, also carried the baby and named him Osetuura. Two versions of this story exist. They asked the diviners to check both of them out. He also used a house rat and money for the sacrifice. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Clement Adeyi, Osogbo. They were saying, “This thing, I will be the one to find it.”. Oshun is the essence of love, sweetness and good cheer, beauty and flowing joy. Osun State was created following series of pressure mounted on the federal military government over a long period of time by the founding fathers, most of whom are traditional rulers and community leaders. But to their greatest surprise, the Orısa encountered a group of wicked “cannibals” in heaven (probably witches known to the Yoruba as aje) who started to kill and eat up the Orısa one by one. It was recorded from Babalawo Ifatoogun, a famous Ifa priest from Ilobuu, near Osogbo. Ifatalabi -r.j. The modern Osun State was carved out of the old Oyo State in 1991. He was a strong ruler and a notable magician. Before we become recognized as human beings. It is said today that this power of witchraft is abused in today’s Africa. The name of the Ifa priest is Ojıyaomegun; he had two apprentices: Ifon, Ifa priest of Ido, and Duuru, Ifa priest of Lıkı. Offerings to Oshun could be in form of songs, chantings, meditating on her name, devotion to her love, and/or adherence with her compassionate laws. But she does not like guinea-corn beer. .. Mo dupe. When he did not arrive, she ordered her servants to dig a very deep pit inside which she carefully kept Ojıyaomegun’s presents. When Osun delivered the baby, it was born as a male child. When Orunmıla got to the earth, he reported back to his colleagues, and all of them started to beg Osun, but Osun did not yield until Orunmıla appealed to her. In one of the verses quoted above, Olodumare, while giving ase to eerındınlogun stated thus, It is customary for researchers to refer to Osun simply as an Orısa of fertility. Among the Yorubas of West Africa, She is also known as Yalode- the mother of things outside the home or the mother of wealth, due to her business acumen. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. The festival of Osun-Osgobo, which takes place every year in Osogbo, Nigeria, celebrates the goddess of fertility, Osun. All the things which the Orı.a were doing, none was successful. But as will be seen later from another verse of Ifa, even though they were husband and wife, they did not live together in one place because it was not the custom for couples to live together at that time. So that she could agree to be involved in their affairs. [She] Oshun is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. The craft is a neutral science that can be deployed to serve what ever ends. Ifa, however, does not make use of single signs (even though Ifa literature refers to it). In her form as the mother of salt waters, she is known as Yemaya. “The thing which all the Orısa are looking for, Could both of them be the persons who would find it?”, The diviners asked Orunmıla and Osun to perform sacrifice. She nourishes her own just as she nourished the original sixteen Orısa who first arrived on earth with Osun as the seventeenth. We cannot comment other than to ask those who make accusations to take a look at their inner most thoughts ensure that those thoughts are sincere. A verse of Irete Oba tells us how Osun rewarded a poor priest of Ifa who had divined for her when she was childless and made it possible for her to have children. PO Box 4833 Whenever anybody was to be initiated as an Ifa priest, Osetuura must be involved. She is an independent woman, a matri-focal and androgynous matriarch. This is the bag of wisdom!”. Oshun is generally depicted as the protector, savior, or nurturer of humanity. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. The Bag of Wisdom: Did Osun Originate the Ifa Divination System? I will base my claims on verses of Ifa which give us hints to that effect. According to this particular story in Ogbe’Sa, even though Orunmıla was the one who created eerındınlogun, this system of divination later received its own ase from Olodumare. IFA IS THE GUIDE ON THE PATH OF LIFE. How does that relate to what we are searching for?”. The story is about a bag of wisdom which Olodumare threw down from the sky and asked all the Orısa to look for. Ore YEYE OOOO! We may never know for certain the answer to these questions; but given the intimate connection between Osun and Ifa, especially in respect to the origin of Ifa as a bag of wisdom first found by Osun, it may not be far-fetched to say that the yellow powder has something to do with Osun. It has been said that “When She possesses her followers she dances, flirts and then weeps- because no one can love her enough and the world is not as beautiful as she knows it could possibly be.”. The state has a covering of tropical rain forest, and the Oshun is the most important river. The life of the Moon is more pleasant than that of the Sun. 18. Some of them started to perform sacrifice. Ifatalabi -r.j. Modupe muito bom , esclarecedor aboru aboye. ( Log Out /  But a disciplined and well educated practitioner of the craft is a great help to whatever community he or she lives in. Osun then became happy since her son was deeply involved in the affairs of the male Orısa. Sometimes she can be a fierce warrior. Osun, state, western Nigeria.Osun state was created in 1991 from the eastern third of Oyo state. They carried out all the instructions without involving Osun in any of their activities. It does not bite the body, The river goddess has been able to give the barren babies and change the lives of many people. She then went and threw the garment into the bush. Arcata, CA 95518 According to a patakí (sacred story) about Osun, he was chosen by his father Obatalá to be the watchman. 0. He told them that he wanted to give them deep wisdom and power. but sango is the son of oranmiyan and osun is among the seventeen orisa that first came to earth, how come sango and osun will be husband and wife?. 2 Orunmıla counseled that they should make the sacrifice. All the signs are coupled either as oju odu (major odu) or as omo odu (minor odu). From where the rat had eaten her garment’s pocket. Rain did not fall. She nourishes people with with different kinds of vegetables, such as yanrin and tete (special vegetables of Osun) which are still her favorite foods today. The full story goes as follows: When the Orısa first came to the earth, they must have arrived in waves—not all the four hundred-and-one Orısa arrived at once. Unlike the Roman catholic neutered and denatured “Virgin Maria”, Osun our mother, the Empress is a passionate and hot-blooded woman. Witchcraft in Africa is a high science practised by a few who are fortunate enough to have the time and resources to acquire that science of life. This is what I always new but had not heard it put together with such clearity and unerstanding. So, Olodumare asked Orunmıla to divine for him. Yet, they are filled at the same times with the terrible aspects of her power which activates to fight injustice against humanity and irreverence against the gods. Orunmıla said that the next person was his partner, To which Orunmıla replied, “That is true.”. Oshun is a particularly sensous goddess and has been associated with many lover and husbands. Pathetic story of Osun communities. 16. The story is about a bag of wisdom which Olodumare threw down from the sky and asked all the Orısa to look for. In this particular verse, it was after Orunmila had created the sixteen cowrie system for Osun that both of them became married. She also likes different kinds of fruit such as pumpkins, bananas, oranges, etc. Seed of Osun acts as both a Mobile and Stationary apothecary, invoking traditional medicine of the African Diaspora. We will involve Osun in all our deliberations. For example, a verse of Ogbe”Sa states that Orunmıla created the sixteen-cowry divination system and gave it to Osun as a reward for saving his life. Eegun must not come out in their presence. -Sacred Odu Ifa Oyeku Ofun, How OSHUN Saves the World Through the Birth of OSETURA, How the Orisha Received Their Ashe (Powers), Ori: The Divine Value of Self in Yoruba Cosmology, Ase Ti N Bo Wa Si’ile Aye: The Power of Coming to Earth, IFA: The Answer to All of Life’s Troubles, “They are Americans, and They are Ifa faithfuls”, Follow Oyeku Ofun Temple on WordPress.com, My Suffering Ends Today — Tomorrow My Life Will Be Convenient…, The Shame is on the Person that Slashed a Tree…. It represents the beginning of life, the birthplace of civilization, the embodiment of all that we see or feel. Also, it is not painful to the body. When he and Osun were searching for wisdom. Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State A retiree, Oyadare Gbenga, who was a headteacher at Young Primary school, Iragberi in Osun state, described the plight of the pensioners as pitiable. During the visit to Osogbo, the Osun state capital, our correspondents met the Chief priestess Chief (Mrs) Adedoyin Talabi Faniyi, the adopted daughter of Madam Susanne Wenger (the late Iya Orisa of the grove), who gave a good account of how things work in the grove. Took his own garment, and surrendered it for sacrifice. Saying, “Orunmıla, whose other name is Ajana. Eerındınlogun is based on sixteen single signs of Ifa such as Odı, Irosun, Owonrın, etc. Olodumare showed the bag to the Orısa so that they would be able to recognize it as soon as they saw it. 0. How he honored Osun with the sixteen cowries. She is also known as Laketi, “She who responds”, because of how quickly and effectively she answers prayers. In the later pages of this essay, I will make the claim that Osun has much more to do with the origins of Ifa divination than the babalawo (Ifa priests) are ready to admit. We are happy to help you. Obatala was the first person to carry the baby. They prayed for rain, but it did not rain. Sango was the third king of the Oyo Kingdom. ; except Ejı Ogbe which is coupled as in the case of Ifa. Manager Of ‘Total Filling Station’ Owned By Former Osun Governor, Oyinlola, In Multi-million Naira Scam In a petition to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police through his … Yoruba tradition has it that Ile-Ife in the State of Osun is where Olodumare started the creation of the world. In some tales She is said to be a mermaid, with a fish’s tail, in other more urban legends some claim She is the equivalent of Mami-water. 14. He, Orunmıla, carried the baby with him wherever he went. When her people said that they did not know the way back to Ido, she fell down on the spot, became a river and flowed back to Ido carrying her people along with her. It was probably at this time that Orunmıla and Osun became husband and wife. She is the protector of the poor, the mother of all orphans, she is the one who brings them what they need in this life through periods of weakness or strenght. Restlessness took over the streets of the city. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. In the Yoruba/Cuban pantheon of gods and goddess, Oshun is represented as a beautiful, charming and coquettish young woman, often with long flowing dreadlocks. I will now quote this interesting story in full. She threw it into the chest pocket of her garment. This dimension of Oshun is (as was Isis of ancient Kemitic Egypt and the later Greek Diana) associated with Witches (Aje). In the Yoruba/Cuban religious view Osun is associated with the color yellow, the important metals gold and copper, peacock feathers, mirrors, and anything of charm, lightness, beauty and sweet taste. Oshun has had affairs with Erinle, Orunmila, Oshosi, Orisha Oko, and Aje-Shaluga. Let me now take some time to tell the story of Osun and Orunmıla as contained in Ogbe’Sa, especially because it relates to the importance of eerındınlogun in the Ifa divination system. 17. Orunmıla took a little bit of the wisdom . Her role in this regard is often not deeply appreciated. The Yorubas are the major occupants of Osun State. In the high Yoruba mystical teachings, Oshun has many roads, or dimensions and some of these include: Oshun Ibu Ikole — Oshun the Vulture. Olodumare would ask them to divine for him. ... out of the 36 states of the federation have difficulty in paying workers’ salaries may have taken the focus away from Osun State and … This is true. When Obatala looked at Osun’s womb with his awo, he found a baby girl there. Her symbols include the vulture, and the mortar and pestle (both of which are symbols of witchcraft). In any case, according to this myth from the Odu Ose Otura, there were only seventeen Orısa in the first party, and Osun was the seventeenth. It goes as follows: 13. ASE. She was at one time the wife of Shango, the storm god, as was Oya, the goddess of the winds and tempests. That was how couples started to live together. She does, have a malevolent and tempestuous temper, although it is difficult to anger her.”, It is said that “Oshun has excellent cooking skills.”. He told Orunmıla to go back to his colleagues. Calling on Orunmıla and other diviners of the earth. The Osun State Government has ordered the arrest of a grandmother identified as Funmilayo Olalere, resident in Amondo village, near Ile-Ife, for allegedly causing her grandchild to lose one of his eyes after using a broom to flog him. As well as two hundred-and-one oke full of cowries for each person. A leader of the Osun State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Mr. Tosin Odeyemi, has urged the All Progressives Congress to prevail on its … There is a need to retell Osun’s story to our children, stories of our wild nature, of the same allurement rising in monarch butterflies, cranes and salmon retracing their ancestral paths across the planet as that of the Yorubo people retracing their roots to Osogbo every year. But she did not tell the root of the matter like Ifa. Re: Justice Oloyede: Untold Story Of Osun Female Judge Who Wants Aregbesola Sacked by Nobody: 11:04pm On Jun 27, 2015 op I don't c anything here oo.. was expecting to c something like she and rauf having a failed relationship a long time ago and she's trying to get back at him bla bla bla..u knew balloon that kind of story.lol. The rat ate up its chest pocket underneath. It is bounded by the states of Kwara on the northeast, Ekiti and Ondo on the east, Ogun on the south, and Oyo on the west and northwest. The city of Ooro (now simply called Oro) was where Osun had so many children that she did not have any more space to sit down in her own house. Olodumare then asked whether they involved the only woman among them in all they were doing. At that time, Obatalá was married to Yemú (Yembó) and their sons, Ogún, Ochosi, Osun and … Around her neck she wore a beautifully strung necklace made with RIVER STONES. So we must pay heed once again to Oshun’s call. It happened as follows: To find out whether they were telling lies to the inhabitants of the earth Or whether they were telling the truth. Ifa also speaks of Osun as a benevolent mother. That is why Osun is saluted as, And keeps money there (for her own people). But we must remember that before she discovered that she had lost the bag, Osun herself had boasted that she would take so many hundred of things as well as plenty of money from anybody who would see the bag of wisdom. Oreeeeeee yeye ooooooooo. Both of them added two cowries to three, And went to divine. Like Queen Isis of the Ancient Egyptian Kemitic Pantheon, Oshun was taught the art of divination with the cowrie shells, cards, tarots, visions, possessions, songs, chants and meditations by her father Obatala, the first of the created gods. Once upon a time there lived an AFRICAN GODDESS, named YEMOJA who dwell in the OGUN RIVER, with HAIR that was BLACK as MIDNIGHT and SKIN DARK BROWN like MOLASSES that pour from OAK TREE’S on a hot summer’s day. Why is this powder yellowish like the color which is sacred to Osun? what must i do to please oshun in my daily practices? Let us begin with the popular view that Osun was introduced to Ifa divination by Orunmıla. Several verses of Ifa tell us about this. Sir, pls what are the difference between Osun, Oluweri and Iyemoja. The Egyptian Papyrus of Anana - Rasta Livewire…, Haile Selassie Christmas Interview with Dr. Oswald…, Kony Still At Large - Central African Affairs, The rise of Ms Tanzeela Qambrani - The Sidis (the…, 13th Century African Coin Found in Australia. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Food offerings could include sweet things such as fresh water, honey, mead, white wine, oranges, sweets, or pumpkins, as well as essential oils and incense. And they must not enter the shrine of Eegun. Lover of many accomplished princes and gods, Her symbolism recalls days of strong women principalites who were rich, powerful knowledge enough to have many men dangling by her strings. Oshun is then a synonym for Wisdom. The Orısa then decided to send Orunmıla to Olodumare to find out what actually happened. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. The Arugba Ritual: This is one of the major highlights of Osun Osogbo festival. 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. And came out on the bottom part of the pocket. She waited for a long time for Ojıyaomegun. A wise person tied ide,but it disintegrated. That is why the relationship between Ifa and Osun. It was not compulsory for the wife to go to her husband’s home to live with him. Like Egyptian Isis and later Greek Diana, Osun is the goddess of love and is widely beloved. Please email, mail, or call us. Mandatory COVID-19 test for the judicial staff of Osun State was suspended on Monday following the unavailability of health officials for the exercise. They exclaimed “Did Olodumare tell us a lie?
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