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		Oxum is the Goddess of all living beings fertility and the people related to this Orixa are commonly an icon of beauty and charm.
		Oxum told Oba what seemed to be the mushrooms were, in reality, her ears, as this was Xango's favorite meal.
		Until these days, the waters from those rivers are tumultuous and disturbed, in remembrance to the fight which opposed Oxum and Oba in a dispute towards Xango's love.
	www.taradhatu.org /ROAD/BR2003/orisha.html

	Vanguard - Travel & Tourism: Osogbo agog as the people celebrate yet another Osun festival
		"We are here today neither to worship idols nor some lesser gods, but to fulfil the vow made by Oba Larooye to the Osun goddess more than 500 years ago.
		The yearly Osun Osogbo festival came to an end last Friday after twelve days of celebration with a mammoth crowd embarking on the procession from the King’s palace at Oja Oba to the Osun Grove in Isale Osun area of the town where both the symbolic cultural and social sacrifices and displays took place.
		There is a deep rooted belief among the people that the river goddess can cure infertility and it was interesting to see thousands of people milled to either watch the votary maid empty the sacrificial materials into the river or wash themselves in it.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/features/tourism/tt112082005.html (937 words)

	Akintunde Adegboye, Osun Festival Commences
		Osun Festival which is as old as Osogbo itself started in the 18th Century to commemorate and renew the pact between Osun goddess and Oba Laroye, the founder of Osogbo, that Osogbo will always be protected and blessed if the people continue to worship her.
		The worshipping of Osun goddess at the Osun Shrine will climax the end of the festival where the 'Arugba'- the virgin girl will carry the calabash to the shrine and Kabiyesi will host the visitors from near and far to a big feast.
		Osun festival commences with 'Iwopopo' which is traditional clearing of the main road.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/34a/132.html (357 words)

	Osun Osogbo - A festival of fertile heritage @ Naijacommunity.com
		The goddess of the river, according to the chairman of Osogbo Heritage Council, Chief G.O. Oparanti, was believed to have assisted Oba Larooye and Timehin, the two co-founders of the city, in creating a settlement beside the riverbank.
		Being the first king of the town, Larooye’s royal title – Ataoja – was derived from Atewogbeja (one who receives the god-fish on his palm) as a result of the belief that he received the fish sent by the river goddess on his palm.
		The Osun Grove Support Group, Osun Osogbo Heritage Council and the National Commission for Museums and Monuments have since nurtured a common vision of preserving the land that represents the identity and totality of a people.
	www.nigeriacommunity.com /osunoshogbo.html (1658 words)

	Oba - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Oba
		In Yoruba mythology, Oba was a river-goddess (Orisha), and one of the wives of Shango.
		Grieving, she became the Oba river which intersects with the Oschun river (Oschun was another wife of Shango) at turbulent rapids, a symbol of the rivalry between the two wives.
		Here you will find more informations about Oba.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Oba.html (96 words)

	Abnoba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Celtic mythology, Abnoba was a forest and river goddess, worshipped in the Black Forest and surrounding areas.
		According to Tacitus's Germania, Abnoba also was the name of a mountain, from a grassy slope of which flows the source of the River Danube.
		An altar at the Roman baths at Badenweiler, Germany, equates her with Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abnoba (573 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Collection Highlights
		Some outstanding archaeological complexes have produced important artifacts in the Hermitage collection: Bolshaya Bliznitsa burial-mound (4th century BC) on the Taman peninsula (burial site of priestesses of the goddess Demeter), and Kul-Oba burial-mound (4th century BC), objects from which show a combination of Scythian and Greek traditions.
		Remarkable examples of the collection of antique portraits are those of the Pontian King Mithridates VI Eupator (1st century BC) and Queen Dynamis (1st century AD), and the stele of Theagenes and Macaria (2nd century AD).
		The most important items of Greek origin are the heads of Aesclepius and Hygeia (3rd century BC) from Olbia, a monumental statue of a Bosporan ruler (4th century BC) and polychrome memorial steles from Chersonesus (4th century BC).
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/03/hm3_1_4.html (573 words)

	History of Ijaws and Neighbors in Southern Nigeria
		With the help of dissatisfied sections of the OOYELAGBO communities, led by Oba-Meri, and also ORU people living in the Nupe region; the leaders of the KUMONI people headed by a prince original named as ADIMU (ADUMU) went to war and defeated the opposing factions of Ooyelagbo and established his centralised government.
		He also took on the alias ‘ODUDUWA’, as it was the term in the Ooyelagbo language for the Mother Goddess of which he was a priest.
		“The indigenous languages of western Africa belong to three of the four phyla of African languages established by J H Greenberg in 1963: Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Niger-CongoConsequently, the homeland of Niger-Congo is normally placed in western Africa, whereas those of Nilo-Saharan languages and Afro-Asiatic are sought farther to the east and northeast respectively.
	www.earthrights.net /nigeria/history.html (573 words)

	History of Ijaws and Neighbors in Southern Nigeria
		With the help of dissatisfied sections of the OOYELAGBO communities, led by Oba-Meri, and also ORU people living in the Nupe region; the leaders of the KUMONI people headed by a prince original named as ADIMU (ADUMU) went to war and defeated the opposing factions of Ooyelagbo and established his centralised government.
		He also took on the alias ‘ODUDUWA’, as it was the term in the Ooyelagbo language for the Mother Goddess of which he was a priest.
		“The indigenous languages of western Africa belong to three of the four phyla of African languages established by J H Greenberg in 1963: Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Niger-CongoConsequently, the homeland of Niger-Congo is normally placed in western Africa, whereas those of Nilo-Saharan languages and Afro-Asiatic are sought farther to the east and northeast respectively.
	www.earthrights.net /nigeria/history.html (573 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Collection Highlights
		Some outstanding archaeological complexes have produced important artifacts in the Hermitage collection: Bolshaya Bliznitsa burial-mound (4th century BC) on the Taman peninsula (burial site of priestesses of the goddess Demeter), and Kul-Oba burial-mound (4th century BC), objects from which show a combination of Scythian and Greek traditions.
		Remarkable examples of the collection of antique portraits are those of the Pontian King Mithridates VI Eupator (1st century BC) and Queen Dynamis (1st century AD), and the stele of Theagenes and Macaria (2nd century AD).
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/03/hm3_1_4.html (341 words)

	Akintunde Adegboye, Osun Festival Commences
		Osun Festival which is as old as Osogbo itself started in the 18th Century to commemorate and renew the pact between Osun goddess and Oba Laroye, the founder of Osogbo, that Osogbo will always be protected and blessed if the people continue to worship her.
		Ibori and Iboade and Ijo-ayaba Isale-sacrifice for the head and crown and sacrifice for the deceased wives of the past Obas would follow.
		Osogbo became immortalised as a result of her magical powers and the love of children.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/34a/132.html (357 words)

	Oshun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They are the goddesses of the Oshun and Oba rivers, which meet in a turbulent place with difficult rapids; their rivalry was symbolized in this intersection.
		In Yoruba mythology, Oshun (or Oschun) is a spirit-goddess (Orisha) who reigns over love, intimacy, beauty, wealth and diplomacy.
		Oshun is beneficient and generous, and very kind.
	en.wikipedia.org /?title=Oschun (142 words)

	Adenle Oshun Oshogbo Nigeria
		The place of Oshun, Goddess of Love and Fertility where they have lived and ruled in peace and in posperity.
		Ile Oluawo, Ile Oba, Ile Alafia, Ile Oshun, Ile Adenle.
		Primarily a farming and commercial city, it has cotton gins, a steel-rolling mill, a traditional textiles industry, and cigarette and food-processing factories.
	www.adenle.com (129 words)

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