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  Chapter IV: Remarks on the Foregoing.
These two intermarry and have a son, Orungan, "Air," the region between the solid firmament, and the earth.
Orungan ravishes his mother Yemaja, who, while endeavouring to escape from further outrage, falls and bursts open, whereupon a number of gods emerge from her gaping body.
There were sixteen palm-nuts on the two palms in the garden of Orungan, the chief man, which Ifa obtained for the purpose of divination, and sixteen palm trees grew up from the palm-nut that Ifa planted on the rock at Ado.
www.sacred-texts.com /afr/yor/yor05.htm   (1596 words)

  
  Orisha Articles
Orungan is the son of Agallú and Yembo.
Orungan dwells in the skin of man and revolves around youth.
Orungan has an inseparable companion named Iwi, the astral body, and Amonan, the Orisha of the walking stick.
www.ochareo.com /articles/articles6.htm   (2347 words)

  
 Chapter II: Chief Gods.
Orungan fell in love with his mother, and as she refused to listen to his guilty passion, he one day took advantage of his father's absence, and ravished her.
Immediately after the act, Yemaja sprang to her feet and fled from the place wringing her hands and lamenting; and was pursued by Orungan, who strove to console her by saying that no one should know of what had occurred, and declared that he could not live without her.
Orungan, however, rapidly gained upon her, and was just stretching out his hand to seize her, when she fell backward to the ground.
www.sacred-texts.com /afr/yor/yor03.htm   (7630 words)

  
 Laróyé!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In the beginning, the story goes, Yemanjá and her brother Aganju, who represents the wilderness, gave birth to a son, who was called Orungan, for the region of the air and the space between the earth and sky.
Orungan lusted after his mother, Yemanjá, and one day when his father was away, he raped her, and afterward she ran away.
Orungan pursued her and when he reached the place where she had fled, attempted to console her.
www.cravoneto.com.br /laroye/en/pag_03.htm   (363 words)

  
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From this pair was born Yemaya and Agallu.
Since there was no other female to have sex with, Orungan became inflamed by his sexual passions to the point that he was trying to have sexual relations with his mother.
Such was Orungan's insistance that Yemaya became so tired of fleeing him that she fell to the ground, senseless.
www.angelfire.com /fl3/YEMAYA/page5.html   (665 words)

  
 Creation and Creation Goddesses - Goddess, God, & The Sacred - Care2.com
The children of Obatala and Oddudua were Aganyu and Yemaya, who together bore a son, Orungan.
Orungan grew in male aggressiveness, he began to challenge Aganya and the natural order, and finally raped his mother, Yemaya.
The lunar goddess of oceans cursed her son till he died, then choosing her her end, she herself died of sorrow at the top of the earth's highest mountain At her death her womb opened, and she gave birth to the fourteen Yoruban gods and goddesses.
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 Hemetherith~Star
Depicted is the body of the Goddess Iyemoja, her kalas glittering stars.
Fleeing from her son, Orungan, She fell backwards, her breasts bursting open.
The bionic life waves thus unleashed became, through cosmic superimposition, two spiraling orgone streams of the Milky Way, twin waters of the sign Aquarius.
www.shadowtarot.net /sht15.asp   (644 words)

  
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Shango was actually the forth king of the Yoruba tribe and became deified after his death.
According to mythology, Shango burst forth from the body of the mother goddess Yemaja when her son, Orungan attempted to rape her for the second time.
Shango is believed to have had three wives, among whom Oshun, a river goddess, was his favorite because of her exceptional culinary skills.
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 Avatars of the Goddess   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Orisha of the Ocean and Motherhood, Yemayah was brought to the New World by the Yoruba people of Nigeria via Brazil and Cuba, where she has been venerated for centuries as Protectress during the middle passage of slavery.
She was the sister and wife of Aganju, the soil god, and mother by him of Orungan, god of the noonday sun.
She was said to be the daughter of the sea into whose waters she empties.
www3.sympatico.ca /chartreuse/AvatarsOfTheGoddess/Africa.htm   (2940 words)

  
 Gods & Goddesses @ PathWalkers.Net - Creation and Creation Goddesses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The children of Obatala and Oddudua were Aganyu and Yemaya, who together bore a son, Orungan.
Orungan grew in male aggressiveness, he began to challenge Aganya and the natural order, and finally raped his mother, Yemaya.
The lunar goddess of oceans cursed her son till he died, then choosing her her end, she herself died of sorrow at the top of the earth's highest mountain At her death her womb opened, and she gave birth to the fourteen Yoruban gods and goddesses.
www.pathwalkers.net /gods-goddesses/creation_and_creation_godd.html   (6798 words)

  
 Welcome to Mona Magick
She also is the Mama Watta, or "mother of the waters", and gave birth to all the bodies of water in the world.
She is the sister and wide of Aganju, the soil god, and together they had Orungan, god of the noonday sun, as their child.
She is known by many different names, each with some variations in character:
www.monamagick.com /resources_deities_african4.html   (569 words)

  
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Orunmila lived on earth for many ages, teaching and setting things in order.
Ifa taught Orungan, making him the first priest of Ifa.
He is sought after to help with decisions of our life.
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 Xatel-Ekwa - Zwarte Madonna
Feesten voor haar worden gevierd tijdens het zomersolstitium, vanwege haar betekenis als 'Moeder van de zon'.
Yemanya's broer was Aganju; zij trouwden en kregen een zoon, Orungan of Orunjan (Middaguur) geheten.
Yemanya werd zwanger en ze ging liggen in het bos.
www.nissaba.nl /godinnen/beschrxz.shtml   (3226 words)

  
 Orungan Information
In Yoruba mythology, Orungan was the son of Yemaja and Aganju.
He ravished his mother once, and as he tried a second time, Yemaja fell end burst open, whereupon the fifteen Orishas came forth from her.
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 AFRICAN GODDESSES & GODS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
She is the sister and wide of Aganju, the soil
god, and together they had Orungan, god of the noonday sun, as their
She is known by many different names, each with some variations in
www.junos-horizon.com /documents/708.html   (642 words)

  
 POWER OF MYTH Davies Memorial UU Church in Prince George's Co., MD
Even as she slept, she would create new springs, which gushed forth each time she turned over.
She was the sister/wife of Aganju, the soil god, and mother by him of Orungan, god of the noonday sun.
She is known by different names in many localities; As Yemoja (Yemayah) she is the power (orisa) of the ocean and motherhood.
www.dmuuc.org /lay/Power-of-Myth.html   (3168 words)

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