Physical Correspondences of Orishas Vatta Dosha Pitta Dosha Kapha Dosha Disclaimer
Two Anatomical Models, 17th Century.
A pair of models with removable chest and abdomen covers. Some religious restrictions on dissection were lifted in the 15th century, which led to the wider study of anatomy, using models like these as extra teaching aids. Both figures show the heart and lungs. One shows a pregnant female with a baby in the uterus, and the other the kidney and intestines in a male.
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In Oshogbo, the centre of the cult of Oshun, the river goddess, for instance, the Ataoja (king) told me that Elegba and Oshun were married and later added that Oshun herself is very cunning and has witchcraft. It was clear that the marriage of Oshun and Eshu expressed the fact that they shared some characteristics. But for the peaceful and patient members of the Orisha Funfun (lit.
White Gods) cult-a cult devoted to the creator gods-Eshu is totally evil. One such cult official said: ‘Eshu has no wives and no children; he is too wicked. No one will live with him and that is why he is homeless and must live in the crossroads and in the market.’ It is abundantly clear that the tempestuous and vengeful nature of Eshu clashes with the justice-loving and non-violent temper of the Orisha Funfun worshippers. They are Eshu’s greatest despisers. In their concern with creation they cannot tolerate Eshu’s destructiveness. To them, for whom justice, peace, and patience are prime virtues, Eshu is considered lowly, contemptible, and even ugly.
By many Christians and Muslims he is often thought to be the Devil. Yet not only Eshu worshippers, but also Ifa priests and members of the cults of the so-called hot or hard gods (e.g. Shango, the god of thunder and lightning, Ogun, the god of iron, and Shopona, the god of smallpox), describe Eshu not only as a god who may give children to his devotees, but also as a very handsome and vain man.
” —The Sculpture and Myths of Eshu-Elegba, the Yoruba Trickster. Definition and Interpretation(via jacksta)
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How Man Makes God in West Africa: Yoruba Attitudes Towards the “Orisa”
Author(s): Karin Barber
Source: Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 51, No. 3 (1981), pp. 724-745
Published by: Edinburgh University Press
Wow I didn’t know this. Apparently such traditional thought can be found throughout West Africa.
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Brass and parrot feathers on velvet skin. White cowrie shells on black buttocks. Her eyes sparkle in the forest she is the wisdom of the river. Where the doctor failed she cures with fresh water, where medicine is impotent she cures with cool water.
She cures the child and does not charge the father. She feeds the barren woman with honey and her dry body swells up like a juicy palm fruit.
Oh how sweet is the touch of Oshun’s hand!
::Yoruba, Translated by Ulli Beier::
The Yoruba religion is monotheistic and comes from the Yoruba people of southwest Nigeria. Because of the Slave Trade, the religion spread to the Americas.
Basic Beliefs:
- All human being possess an Àyànmô, which is their destiny or fate.
- They will eventually become one with Olódùmarè, the…
ORIKI DOCUMENTARY: Each Yoruba family has an oriki. The oriki is a chant that recounts the history of a family and each of its ancestors and goes back generations. It is an oral documentation of the history of a family, clan or a specific person. Oriki’s are beautiful when orated and highlight the poetic nature of the Yoruba Language
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àasà ……Female Spirits.
ajobi ……Ancestors of a woman, matralineal ancestors.
Ayélalà ….The collective Spirit of Ancestral Mothers.
Osara……….. Forces in Nature, same as Òrìsà, meaning: “One who gathers
children.”
àjé ….Spirit of a Bird used by women (Ìyáàmi) to invoke powers used for abundance and justice. This same power is used to consecrate the crown of the Yorùbá Kings. Also used as a reference to money or abundance.
Aje Saluga….. Elemental Spirit of Abundance, sacred to the Spirit of the Mothers (Ìyáàmi).
Odù The Spirit of the Womb of Creation, also refers to the verses of Ifá scripture and the pot used to initiate Ifá priests.
Olódùmarè ….Spirit of Creation.
Olófin…. Spirit of the Law, meaning: “Owner of the Law.”
Onílé ….Spirit of the Earth, meaning: “Owner of the Earth.”
Oòrùn…… The sun, The Spirit of the Sun.
Ìyá Mother.
Ìyá - àgan Senior female elder within the society of Ancestral mediums
(Egúngun).
Ìyáàgbà Grandmother, elder mother.
Ìyáàgbe Praise name for original Yoruba Ancestor (Oduduwa).
Ìyáàmi Society of Women, meaning: “My Mothers.”
Ìyá -egbé Elder woman in any women’s society.
Ìyako Mother of an adult male.
Then within the Text of Ifa there is Orisa Odú that only men are allowed to look upon her face this has nothing to do with the Ìyáàmi .
And so if you are wanting to learn more on the Iyami - Osorongo they came to the world in the Odu Osa meji of IFA
Then in the Odu Otrupo-Meji they spare the hunters wife’s life But in return curse her with Menses for being curious.
- T. Antonio
Obara Meji from the elision O baba ra meaning spreading the Spirit of the Fathers. Here it is translated to mean the Resting and Hovering power of those who transform egotism into humility. In this verse leadership ability must be tempered by humility in order to be effective.
ORÍKÌ
OBARA MEJI
(Invocation for Good Fortune)
Obara Meji, Obara Meji, Obara Meji,
The Resting and Hovering One, the Resting and Hovering One, the Resting and Hovering One,
Commentary: all life comes with choice, the resting that comes with humility and a sense of self certainty as opposed to the anxious anxiety that comes from self-doubt and is expressed as arrogance.
mo be yin, ki e si’na aje fun me, ki awon omo araye wa maa bami, ra oja ti mo ba niita warawara, ipeku Orun e pehinda l odo mi. Ibara Meji de at beebee. Ase.
I beg you, open the way to wealth for me, that the whole world will want the products of my work, that untimely death will pass me by, the Resting and Hovering One has come. May it be so.
Commentary: Ifa teaches that leadership rooted in humility brings a blessing of abundance.
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Yoruba Indigo shibori technique of hand-dyeing.
Image courtesy of Indigo Arts Gallery.
