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	Chachá's Olokun drums
		Olokun is an Orisha who has almost disappeared from Yorubaland, but is still very strong in Benin City, Nigeria, where he is the main Orisha.
		Olokun therefore inspires respect and fear as the powers of destruction unleashed by the oceanic depths are immeasurable: "Resenting a Humanity which did not render him the homage he deserved, Olokun decided to punish it, burying it in the Ocean.
		Olokun acquired a gloomy and somber connotation because the sea also signifies the separation from Africa.
	www.afrocubaweb.com /olokun.htm (1301 words)

	Miscellaneous Ancient Mythology - Nurti (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Olokun maybe a god or goddess as mentioned in both genders though mostly believed to be female, and is associated with bringing good fortune, wealth and fertility.
		The name Olokun itself simply means "owner of the sea" as she is believed to live under the sea with her human and fish attendants, sometimes mermaids and mermen.
		Olokun is often depicted as having mudfish legs, carrying lizards and wearing a royal coral dress.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /e1ectra/olokun.html (364 words)

	PS6067. Playa de los Chivos
		The Olokun of an orisha priest or priestess is considered by Cuban babalawos to be a form of Yemayá, called Mayeleo, who is close in ocean depth to Olokun, but is not Olokun as such.
		Olokun is the master of the deepest secrets of the ocean and forms one great consitutent of the Creation, another being the Earth, which was created by Odudúwa.
		Olokun is central to the mysterious questions of life, death, and great transformations, since the dark bottom of the sea is the lowest point on the earth’s surface, the ultimate grave, in a word.
	www.folkcuba.com /photo_ritual/olokunphoto_jp01.html (1278 words)

	Olokun
		Sketch of the sea god Olokun based on a bronze figure holding lizards in his hands.
		Olokun, the sea god of the Yoruba people, lives in a palace under the sea, with human and fish attendants.
		Olokun finally gave up the challenge, and Olorun was declared the winner.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/mythology/olokun_sea.html&_ylu=X3oDMTBwdTQxbTI5BGNvbG8DZQRwb3MDOQRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZAM-/SIG=19kf31por/EXP=1152438246/**http:/216.109.125.130/search/cache (124 words)

	Edofolks - Olokun: The Sea Goddess
		The worship of Olokun deity in Benin may be because every Bini person believes that the land of the living is surrounded by limitless water into which all rivers flow and that human souls must cross these waters "Olokun realms" either to be born or depart on their way to the spirit world after death.
		Olokun devotees usually dance to the continuous beating of "Ukuse" known in Yoruba as "shekere" which is a calabash covered with stringed beads.
		The Olokun devotees dance to the continuous beating of "Ukuse" (calabash covered with stinged beads) while the Mami Wata devotees dance to the percusive music of the Mami Wata priestess as she plays the locally made harmonica and guitar.
	www.edofolks.com /html/pub106.htm (1495 words)

	yorubagods02
		OLOKUN (oni-okun, he who owns the sea), "Lord of the Sea," is the sea-god of the Yorubas.
		When Olokun is angry he causes the sea to be rough and stirs up raging surf upon the shore; and it is he who drowns men, upsets boats or canoes, and causes shipwrecks.
		He is of human shape and fl in color, but with long flowing hair, and resides in a vast palace under the sea, where he is served by a number of sea-spirits, some of whom are human in shape, while others partake more or less of the nature of fish.
	www.florid.org /yorubagods02.htm (1318 words)

	receiving olokun - Orisha Devotees - tribe.net
		The biggest seat of Olokun’s ase resided is the ile at 104 Salamanca street the home of the famous priestess of Yemaya, Ferminita Gomez-Osa BI (Orisa is born).
		Olokuns ase was brought to Mantanzas, direct from Egbado region of Yoruba land, by the Shango priestess, Monserrate Gonzalez-Obatero (the king of divination mat tells tales) Ferminita received Olokun from Ma.Monserrate and was guided by her although Ma.
		Olokun is a very strong foundation for me as well...and there has been numerous times that this beautiful and powerful Orisa has moved heaven and earth for me....
	orisha.tribe.net /thread/223cbcc5-ed9b-4d06-846d-f37704a02fe2 (2835 words)

	Spiritual Worker - Santeria
		Soon after Obatalá formed the land, he had to chain Olokun to the bottom of the ocean floor so that he would stop trying to take back the land with his tidal waves.
		When Olokun is received, a ceremony, called an Aiwan (or an Iban) is also performed.
		If an initiate receives Olokun from an Olorisha, he is allowed at a later time, to birth and give it to another person like a godchild.
	www.spiritualworker.com /olokun.html (530 words)

	Tools of Babalawo's Olokun (Site not responding. Last check: )
		These "tools of Olokun" consist of an anthropomorphized head, a janus male-female standing figure (a form of Echu), nine masks of the egun (ancestors), and two fish.
		The head, the fish, and the janus-figure are perforated and capped with wood plugs in order to be "charged." The head is an anthropomorphised representation of Olokun, master of the mysteries of the bottom of the sea, a great constitutent of the Creation, and a principal mediator between life and death.
		This class of Olokun tools is dedicated to the "true" Olokun, according to babalawos, which is consecrated under the supervision of Orula.
	www.folkcuba.com /lukumi_abakua_ht/object_list_lucumi4jp18.html (254 words)

	Olokun
		Olokun, the greatest phenomenon and mystery that there is out of the Orishas.
		Olokun was originally conceived as a male, Olokun the name itself means "lord of the ocean".
		Olokun lost and it was then that Olodumare made the floor of the ocean his domain from where he would rule, he was
	www.hometown.aol.com /pharaohal/Olokun.html (712 words)

	Santeria, Yoruba , Lukumi , Kari ocha, Orisha , Ifa ,
		Olokun and those unseen powers of water that are associated with him comprise one of the most important religious, philosophic and cultural phenomenon to be brought into the new world by Bini and the Yoruba captives swept away in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
		In both Yorubaland and Cuba, Olokun and Yemaya are closely connected In Cuba, there are two statues of females, cast in lead that repesent wives of Olokun.
		Olokun is the central deity in both Odu's.
	www.lukumichurch.org /olokunrow1col2.html (401 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Yorubaland olokun refers to the entire ocean, but in some areas of the New World, this Orisha refers only to the bottom of the sea, with Yemoja governing the top.
		Given the nature of the bottom of the sea; where even metals dissolve, Olokun governs transformation, the birth of new forms/children/ideas, and the generation of wealth, which Yemoja can bring to the devotee.
		Often Olokun works in consort with Oya, the Orisha who governs the winds of change to bring transformation of all kinds -- for example, Floods are brought by wind, and wealth in the form of new ideas, children, or money bring transformation.
	www.ileorunmilaoshun.org /Orisha/Olokun.htm (117 words)

	Olokun - StargateWiki
		Olokun means owner of the sea or lord of the oceans.
		Worshipped in the coastal area of Nigeria, Olokun was a fierce god with long fl hair and dark skin who lived in a palace under the ocean.
		Olokun was one of the seven System Lords meeting to discuss the attacks on them by an unknown rival Goa'uld.
	wiki.stargate-sg1-solutions.com /index.php/Olokun (185 words)

	Characters - Olokun
		One of the System Lords, Olokun was accused of being in league with the System Lords' enemy when some of his Jaffa were found to be in the service of Anubis.
		Olokun confessed to the others that the Jaffa betrayed him, switching their allegiance after being defeated in battle rather than fighting to the death.
		During the System Lords' summit, Olokun submitted, along with the majority of the Goa'uld leaders present, to allow Anubis to rejoin their ranks as a System Lord.
	www.gateworld.net /omnipedia/characters/o/olokun.shtml (189 words)

	Amphibious Gods - Crystalinks
		Olokun is personified in several human characteristics; patience, endurance, sternness, observation, meditation, appreciation for history, future visions, and royalty personified.
		Olokun is considered the patron orisa of the descendants of Africans that were carried away during the Maafa, or what is sometimes referred to as the Transatlantic Slave Trade or Middle Passage.
		Olokun also is worshipped by those that seek political and social ascension, which is why heads of state, royalty, entrepreneurs and socialites often turn to Olokun to not only protect their reputations, but propel them further among the ranks of their peers.
	www.crystalinks.com /amphibiousgods.html (2729 words)

	Bagua Osi
		It encourages Olokun, god of the bottom of the ocean, to listen, asking for blessings, asking for stability and asking to keep things clean at the end of a ceremony.
		The ceremony of Olokun is a mask ceremony that comes from a tradition in West Africa called the gelede--the dance of the mask.
		And it is used to celebrate Olokun and Yemaya.
	www3.clearlight.com /~acsa/songfile/BAGUAOSI.HTM (442 words)

	Who is the Orisa Called Olokun?
		Olokun is the patron saint of Africans that were carried away during the Maafa, or what is sometimes referred to as the Trans - Atlantic Slave Trade or Middle Passage of Africans.
		Olokun works closely with Oya and Egungun to herald the way for those that pass to ancestorship.
		In Nigeria and Benin, Olokun is sometimes worshipped in tandem with Mami Wata.
	rootsandrooted.org /olokun.htm (1434 words)

	Chapter III: Minor Gods.
		When Olokun is angry he causes the sea to be rough and stirs up a raging surf upon the shore; and it is he who drowns men, upsets boats or canoes, and causes shipwrecks.
		He is of human shape and fl in colour, but with long flowing hair, and resides in a vast palace under the sea, where he is served by a number of sea-spirits, some of whom are human in shape, while others partake more or less of the nature of fish.
		On ordinary occasions animals are sacrificed to Olokun, but when the condition of the surf prevents canoes from putting to sea for many days at a time, a human victim is offered to appease him.
	www.sacred-texts.com /afr/yor/yor04.htm (3179 words)

	UNHCR - Nigeria: Religion that worships Ogun, Olukun (Olokun), and/or Shango (Sango) and may be called "Olokun ...
		UNHCR - Nigeria: Religion that worships Ogun, Olukun (Olokun), and/or Shango (Sango) and may be called "Olokun Ogun Shango"; number of adherents; where in the country it is practised and by whom and whether this includes the Bini ethnic group
		Olokun is known as the sea god (Easley n.d.; Rolando n.d).
		No further information on a religion that worships Ogun, Olukun (Olokun), and/or Shango (Sango) and may be called "Olokun Ogun Shango"could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate within the time constraints of this Response.
	www.unhcr.org /home/RSDCOI/3df4be7c2a.html (2160 words)

	Ile Olokun - The Masking of Olokun
		Olokun is the deepest part of the sea, a place where no human has yet to visit.
		Olokun also knows the depths of our subconscious, the collective and individual recesses of our minds; few of us ever become familiar with these depths to ourselves.
		The mask of Olokun was brought to the physical realm after being spiritually shown to artisan Oje Onalaja, child of Olokun Yemonja, in a vision.
	www.ileolokun.com /mask.htm (517 words)

	Museumkennis - Mythologische figuur, Olokun
		Olokun is de enige god die wordt afgebeeld door de Bini.
		Hij is de god van de zee en van de rivieren, die regen zendt en gebeden om rijkdom en voorspoed verhoort.
		Het beeld is van brons gegoten in de 'verloren-was' techniek.
	www.museumkennis.nl /lp.rmv/museumkennis/i001372.html (150 words)

	Arduinna's Stargate SG-1 Handbook: Goa'uld
		He was accepted (by Baal, Bastet, Kali, Morrigan, Olokun, and Svarog, but not by Yu, the only dissenting vote) and became a System Lord again.
		Jacob believed that Anubis was aware that the SGC and the Tok'ra were developing the only weapon in the galaxy capable of stopping his drones, and that that was the reason for the attack.
		As of the end of seventh season (late 2003), SGC intelligence was indicating that Anubis was a serious threat to dominate the rest of the Goa'uld within a short period.
	www.stargatehandbook.org /sg1/goauldmain.html (16058 words)

	Ile Olokun - An Altar for the Ocean Oju Olokun
		First, a white cloth was spread over the sand, then the energy-filled and power charged Olokun ancestral mask was placed at the top of the cloth.
		It should reflect the principles and attributes of the orisa being honored, it should be aesthetically pleasing, and—in keeping with ritual ecology — an altar should be ecologically sound.
		Olokun Yemonja received the gifts and cleaned us, the children of the sea.
	www.ileolokun.com /altarolokun.htm (622 words)

	Osha and Ifa Books from Cuba / Libros de Osha e Ifá de Cuba
		The text discusses the deities that live with Olokun and that are received together with him.
		It also describes the ceremonies for feeding Olokun, the secrets of the Olosas and the Olonas, as well as the Osain of the Olosas and Olonas, the masa of Olokun, and its lavatorio.
		The consecration of the child of Olokun is sufficiently detailed together with the diagrams and piezas of Olokun.
	www.folkcuba.com /stores/bkstr_oshaifa_seriesdet1.asp?id=79 (318 words)

	Arts Desire thames festival (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Olokun river is the source of all the waters of the Earth, including the ocean.
		Olokun, the sea king of the Edo people of Benin, Nigeria, is a powerful god.
		He is the source of all wealth and the bringer of children, whose souls must cross the ocean to be born.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /a.buddell/events/tf05-olokun.html (327 words)

	System Lord Olokun [Archive] - The Midas Array
		He was formerly a planetary lord in the service of Ra, but with the fall of Ra’s vast empire Olokun managed to break away successfully and now controls a small kingdom gained by conquering other former vassals of Ra or recruiting them as servants.
		In a close vote Olokun was granted System Lord status, his supporters were Yu, Bastet, Kali, Cronus and Morrigan; those who voted against him were Heru’ur (who had more than once, unsuccessfully to retake Olokun’s kingdom which he considered rightfully his), Baal, Svarog and Sobek.
		With the fall of Cronus, Heru’ur and Apophis, Olokun now may be able to achieve his dreams of expanding his realm and becoming a major power within the Goa’uld Empire, although Svarog may be an obstacle in achieving this dream.
	www.midasarray.com /vb/archive/index.php/t-780.html (256 words)

	Edofolks - OLOKUN THE RIVER GODDESS
		Olokun has always been identified as the Goddess of the river.
		Olokun is not 'ABUM' which can be referred to as male or female.
		In other for her not to stand alone by her self, A man had to stand by her,It is like Mr.
	www.edofolks.com /html/pub120.htm (1094 words)

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