Etymology
editSymbolism and iconography
editNames
editCreation and legends
editOshun was once married to Ifá but had a passionate affair with Shango, the orisha of thunder and iron. They married, and she became his second wife,[1] the other two being Oya and Oba. T
- They lived his grand brass palace, where she ruled with him and bore him twins, very auspicious in Yoruba culture, and accumulated vast wealth and luxurious things, and metal jewellery - some myths say brass (the metal the Yoruba regard as most precious) others copper. When she died she took all these treasures with her to the bottom of the river. Where she reigned in the sacred waters.Cite error: A
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Veneration
editfestivals
In Yorubaland
editIn the Americas
editBrasil
editHer followers wear yellow beads and copper bracelets
Cuba
editIn popular culture
editGallery
editBeyonce, Oshun group, nollywood
See also
editNotes and references
editExternal links
edit- ^ Bonnefoy, Yves (1993). American, African, Old European Mythologies. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226064574.