Religion

If you had to explain to someone who was not familiar what would you say? How did he come to Earth? What did he do while here? How did he leave? What and who are his representatives? All responses welcome!

Each Orisa is said to have a different braided hairstyle. To either represent something or protection. What is the name of the hairstyle of the Osun worshippers ? What does it represent? Very beautiful!

[KGVID width=”328″ height=”216″]https://ooduarere.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/oyedepo.mp4[/KGVID] “If you catch anyone that LOOKS LIKE THEM – kill him! Kill him and pull out his neck. I will spill his blood on the ground. What nonsense!” David Oyedepo —   Post by Ọmọ Oòdua.

Her rule reaches from the water’s surface to the deepest darkest parts of the ocean. She is nurturing yet mysterious and unknowable at the same time. Olokun is the mother of the orisa Aje and thus it is from Olokun ...

”It just makes me laugh as these so called Christian now bash on Muslims and call them extremists and say they are being violent. I mean,have you Christians had a look at your history as a religion? Especially the African ...

The Yoruba god of Iron Responsible for the productivity and yield in Agriculture produce!

Photo from Olokun Festival

While in Nigeria I would hear conflicting stories about mermaids. What is the Yoruba name for mermaid? Why are they feared? I dont believe we are talking Orisa but something else that comes from the sea to capture people’s soul ...

Ibeji are the orisa of twinship and doubling. Since having children is a great blessing in Ifa – to have two is doubly good! Twins are born with powerful ase that predisposes them to being powerful priests and magicians.  Indeed, ...

Oya! Earlier in discussions we talked about the ose(axe) of Sango having a female face that is Oya. So when we see the male face in the axe is the for Oya with Sango face? Traditionally is Oya a river ...