Ochun biography, Ochun discography
Orisha) who reigns over love, intimacy, beauty, wealth and diplomacy.She does, however, have a horrific temper, though it is difficult to anger her.One of his other wives, Oba, was her rival.Oba rivers, which meet in a turbulent place with difficult rapids.Ochun) is an Orisha of love, maternity and marriage.She has been syncretized with by Our Lady of Charity (La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre), Cuba's patron saint.Shaluga, another Orisha, fell in love with her while she was washing her dress.They were married and she was reunited with her children.Munificent Mother
According to the Yoruba elders, Osun is the "unseen mother present at every gathering", because Osun is the Yoruba understanding of the cosmological forces of water, moisture, and attraction.Therefore she is omnipresent and omnipotent.Osun is the force of harmony.Harmony we see as beauty, feel as love, and experience as ecstasy.BUT not before Osun had given birth to a son.This son became Elegba, the great conduit of ase in the Universe and also the eternal and infernal trickster.Yoruba Goddess in African and the Americas
S.Yeye Siju Osunyemi, information about Osun and other Orisa, Yoruba culture and religion.This page was last modified on 30 April 2008, at 22:40.Ochun is the goddess of love, of money and indeed of happiness.She brings to us all the good things of life.Many offerings are sometimes left for her at the waterfalls.Many ceremonies are done at the river bank.Remember that the future Iyawo must go to the river for a special cleansing by Ochun the night before they are "crowned" in Ocha.Ochun loves to dance and make merry, but she also has a serious side.She is a great diviner and usually her children are very well endowed with psychic abilities, especially when using the sacred seashells or "caracoles" in divination which are the mouths of the Orishas.She is very sensual, but also very sensitive.Sometimes she can be easily offended.In Haiti, Ochun is known as Erzile.She has the same caracteristics as Ochun, but her colors are slightly different.Ochun's color is yellow and gold, due to the association with money.Ochun is associated with Our Lady of the Caridad del Cobre.Cobre means copper in spanish, and the first money slaves saw in Cuba when they arrived was made of copper.So they identified Ochun with Our Lady of the Caridad del Cobre.Her help is often sought when there are problems in a marriage, or when a woman wishes to get married.Her function as an Orisha is very important.As ruler of fresh water and rivers, this is also where she lives.Yoruban pantheon, and in Haitian Voudou
is known as Erzulie.In Haiti she is honored on Tuesdays and Thursdays
with offerings of perfume and fancy expensive foods.Ochun gazing into her mirror, admiring her own beauty
and perhaps planning her next romantic conquest.Here is a spell for love,
invoking the power of Ochun.Let it burn for a minute or so, then smother the flames.Offer some pure spring water and hone to Oshun and tell her what you need.This video will appear on your blog shortly.Please login to add to favorites.The video has been added to your playlist.Please login to add to flag a video.This video has no Responses.Be the first to Post a Video Response.Change the value of a comment by clicking on a thumb.Esta reflejado exactamente en este video...Muy bien como la chica representa a Ochun...En un patio de Centro Habana se representa el b...The Latest in Reebok Ru..."YouTube recommends upgrading to a safer, modern browsersuch as Firefox.Note: some videos not suitable for minors may still appear in search results.Try the New YouTube Player Beta!This video will appear on your blog shortly.Thank you for sharing this video!Please login to add to favorites.The video has been added to your playlist.Please login to add to your playlists.This video has no Responses.Be the first to Post a Video Response.Adding comments has been disabled for this video.Viva Blackpoo l: World C..."YouTube recommends upgrading to a safer, modern browsersuch as Firefox.The
sounds of Cuba from the streets of N.Fetish:
Ochun lives in a multicolored soup toureen full of river water.Ornaments:
Ochun's image has a halo with five sharp points.She is also surrounded by small gold fishes, shrimp, conch shells, small boats, mirrors, jewels, coral, embroidered sheets and kerchiefs rattles, chekeres, cowbells.Ochun "owns" all objects associated with female beauty: brushes, make up, etc.Power objects:
Ochun fans hersef with a yellow sandalwood or peacock feather fan.She jingles her five gold bracelets.These objects change according to which of her avatars is manifested.Also coral and amber beads.Then, amber and coral alternate five times.Clothing:
Ochun wears a yellow dress cinched by a girdle with a rhomboid stomacher.Offerings:
She likes spinach and shrimp, honey and any type of sweets.Turtles, neutered goats, white chickens.Dances:
Ochun's dance is the most sensual.She laughs like Yemaya and shakes her arms to make her bracelets jingle.Ochun runs her hands over her body to emphasize her charms.As she dances, she makes very voluptous movements and asks men for sex with extended hands and thrusts of her hips.She mimics rowing a small boat and grinding in a large pestle.When she combs her hair, admiring herself in a mirror, she is very haughty and looks down her nose at those around her.Ochun, bless me with money.Ochun, bless me with money.Water, you are beautiful and expensive.Ochun, hurry with the money.Ochun, the Yoruba Orisha of Love, Matrimony and Motherhood.Once when she came to the river to wash, Aje' sprang out of the water and presented her with cowries and gold and jewels which he had collected for her from the bottom of the river.This act of love allowed her to get her children back and live a more acceptable life.Cobre is a copper mining town in Cuba.Article "Ochun" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 05 November 1998 (Revision 2).Don't you know what is your Oricha?Ochun is the owner of beauty, women and rivers.Its protegees are usually maternal, hospitable, charitable, compassionate, receptive, saving people with great memory, very sensitive, romantic, great hosts, kind and diligent individuals.Food: wheat and honey, syrups, oranges, chard, tamale, yellow rice and cornmeal.
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