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  Oshun
Originally the Yoruba goddess of the river named for her, Oshun's emblem is the brass bracelet worn by her worshipers, and a pottery dish filled with white stones from a river's bed.
Oshun is especially consulted by those who wish to have children, for she encourages this womanly activity.
Oshun is the primary divinity of Oshogbo, an African orisha religion, where she is honored with brass objects, as well as jewels and yellow copper.
www.hranajanto.com /goddessgallery/oshun.html   (391 words)

  
 Depths of Oshun
laconically repeat, "Oshun is the owner of the river."  She lives in the currents and eddies of the river where her force moves ever forward.
Oshun also renewed the whole world when it was in danger.
But after great struggle and flying until she was exhausted, Oshun arrived in the heaven and asked Olodumare to spare the ea]:t,h because there were just beings who valued life and followed the laws established by God.
www.church-of-the-lukumi.org /masonoshun02.htm   (627 words)

  
 Oshun, Yoruban Goddess of Love and the Sweet Waters--love and beauty goddess Orisha Orixa Oxun Oxum Yoruba Santeria ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Oshun is the Yoruban Orisha (deity) of the sweet or fresh waters (as opposed to the salt waters of
Oshun is the goddess of the river of the same name, and She is especially worshipped in river-towns.
Oshun was taught divination with cowrie shells by Obatala, the first of the created gods, and then She brought the teaching to humans.
www.thaliatook.com /oshun.html   (490 words)

  
 Oshun Temple Page
Oshun used her beauty to tempt him back into the world and to the people's aid.
Friends have told me that in Africa, Oshun awards powers to her ladies that are normally reserved only for the male priests; they function as a law unto themselves.
It is a growing phenomenon that, of all the orishas, Oshun and Yemaya seem to be engaged in an active outreach program, speaking to members of many neopagan traditions...including myself.
greenworld.spiritualitea.net /oshun.html   (871 words)

  
 Lucina-Ptesan-Wi
She is holding the fan of a priestess of Oshun who is the mediator between the divine/natural world and the world of people (the cross in the circle indicating a meeting of the two worlds), from Osogbo, Nigeria.
Oshun, the Yoruba Goddess of Love and Life-Sustaining Rivers, is the Goddess of all the arts, but especially dance.
She is portrayed here in a pose typical of the Yoruba priestesses of Oshun who recline gracefully along the banks of the Niger River in West Africa.
www.goddessmyths.com /Lucina-Ptesan-Wi.html   (1825 words)

  
 In honor of Oshun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The elders laconically repeat, "Oshun is the owner of the river." She lives in the currents and eddies of the river where her force moves ever forward.
Finally Oshun went into the woods with her five scarves and her gourd of honey.
But after great struggle and flying until she was exhausted, Oshun arrived in the heaven and asked Olodumare to spare the earth because there were just beings who valued life and followed the laws established by God.
www.wiccan-grove.com /oshun.htm   (806 words)

  
 untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
but oshun is not just a beautiful woman, Oshun is the enchantress.She represents all the human sentiments and deep feelings, and she brings down the feelings of happiness of love,hate,tears of happiness and tears of sadness.
Oshun is the owner of brass and her worshippers also wear brass bracelets as their insignia.She is smallest in the order of orisha, and yet is the one of the most popular and powerful orisha.
She is associated with mirrors, in that the first mirror was the river.In this sense, Oshun permits man to see himself as he really is. Oshun is the bloodstream of the body, and she rules the blood.
home.coqui.net /ifalaiye/IfaEStoryOshun.htm   (252 words)

  
 Orisha Series Books
Babalu Aye, Eleggua, Obatala, Ochosi, Ogun, Oshun, Oya, Shango, Aganju and Yemaya.
Oshun is the deity of river waters and is also seen as the embodiment of love and sexuality.
Oshun is the patron of gold and all wealth is hers to give.
www.abaxion.com /bpm17.htm   (498 words)

  
 TriniView.com - The Annual Oshun Festival at Salybia
Oshun is known as the Yoruban Orisha (deity) of the sweet or fresh waters (as opposed to the salt waters of Yemaya).
She is widely loved, as She is known for healing the sick and bringing fertility and prosperity, she is the Goddess of the rivers that sustain life, she rules love, beauty and the arts, especially dance.
Oshun is the mediator between the divine/natural world and the world of people (the cross in the circle indicating a meeting of the two worlds).
www.triniview.com /special_events/030906.html   (519 words)

  
 Oshun, goddess of ebbs and flows © Anita Ryan 2000
Oshun, goddess of ebbs and flows © Anita Ryan 2000
She is depicted as on old wise woman sad at the loss of her beauty, or, alternatively is shown as a tall, coffee-skinned woman absolutely comfortable with her sexuality.
To find out more about Oshun - her history and how her energy applies to you as a modern woman - you may join the innergoddess group (free) and receive a goddess message by email every Monday via Yahoo Groups.
www.goddess.com.au /goddesses/Oshun.htm   (290 words)

  
 Oshun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This painting shows Oshun as she is seen on brass bracelets worn by her priestesses, and on metal fans.
As a river Goddess, Oshun is shown on bracelets as a double- tailed mermaid.
This is the favorite offering of women to her and in myth Oshun is said to “spray herself with honey and tie yellow scarves around her waist.
www.marykellystudio.homestead.com /files/oshun.htm   (256 words)

  
 Egbe Mimo Anago Ile Oshun
The aura of the sacred Orisha was so infused with Iwa Pele caused Olodumare to be especially pleased with her that she was given the 'beaded crown' which entitled Her as an honored Elder among them.
He asked why none of Them wanted to deal with Oshun, and They replied, "It is because She is female".
Oshun, Oya, Yemonja, Oba, Onile, Aje, Odu, Nana Buruku, Olokun and all the ancestral mothers are enshrined as the generic 'one' in IyaMi Aje.
www.geocities.com /anagooshun/femininity_in_anago.htm   (2008 words)

  
 Oshun African Goddess Mask by Lauren Raine
In the Yoruba religion of West Africa, one of the greatest of the Orishas is Obatala, father of wisdom, who was also called "King of the White Cloth", because of the magnificent white cloth he wore.
Oshun said, "Father, I'll go and find your white cloth, but if I do, will you teach me the power of divining?" And Obatala, who was becoming very tired of bathing, said, "Yes, yes, anything, just get me my cloth!" So Oshun first went home to make a few preparations.
And when Oshun had learned all she could learn, she taught everyone in the village the art of divining, and she taught them all absolutely for free.
www.rainewalker.com /oshun.htm   (387 words)

  
 Austin Chronicle: Inside the Spinning, Whirling World: Joni L. Jones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Oshun walked the earth at one point and became deified.
And many people talked about the time when they'd make offerings at the river, which is part of the Oshun festival, one of the rituals of the Oshun festival: Feed the river, which is feeding Oshun, then she would rise out of the water and greet people.
Oshun at the river is a wonderful metaphor for that.
www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol18/issue51/arts.jonijones.html   (2816 words)

  
 Oshun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Oshun, the Yoruban Goddess of love, delights in the creation of beauty and art, sensual delights and self-adornment.
Creativity in decorating home and temple is a way of honoring Oshun, who will bless any beautiful space created in Her honor.
Creativity in dress and self-adornment please her as well, and when Oshun is pleased, her blessings know no limits.
www.lunaea.com /goddess/creativity/oshun.html   (92 words)

  
 Chapter Five
Copper is Oshun's metal and she is sometimes represented by a gourd crowned by festive feathers and filled with copper pennies.
Oshun was the most breathtaking, absolutely beautiful maiden in the region when she was a young girl.
And Oshun would turn her back and walk away from the young man. Their last sight of Oshun would be her exquisite hips swinging back and forth, disappearing into her mother's house.
w3.iac.net /~moonweb/Santeria/Chapter5.html   (4506 words)

  
 Oshun Mugwana: Jazz In the Alley
Oshun was the promoter of The "Jazz In The Alley Festival" for over 20 years.
Jazz In the Alley was  an annual one day music event that was one of the South Side's favorites.  Oshun's family moved to Chicago from Dumas, Arkansas in the early 1940's and became lifelong residents of the Bronzeville community.
Oshun lived as an expatriate in Spain and travelled the world as a photographer.
jazzinstituteofchicago.org /Home/JazzintheAlley/tabid/169/Default.aspx   (431 words)

  
 This Week in Goddess Worship: Oshun | Our Word   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Oshun is the Yoruban Orisha (deity) of the sweet or fresh waters (as opposed to the salt waters of Yemaya).
She was at one time the wife of Shango, the storm god, as was Oya, the goddess of the winds and tempests.
She looked rather surprised, and told me that her religion was Santeria and as a matter of fact Oshun was her special Orisha, and that she'd made the skirt to be her "Oshun" skirt.
ourword.org /node/282   (848 words)

  
 About Oshun Publishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Karen E. Quinones Miller, CEO of Oshun Publishing Company, Inc., started the company in 1999 when she couldn't find a publisher for her first novel, Satin Doll.
Oshun Publishing will be publishing its first non-fiction title, "The Guide To Becoming A Sensuous Black Woman (And Drive Your Man Wild In And Out Of Bed!) by "Miss T." in January 2006.
Oshun Publishing will be accepting query letters and book proposals again in November 2005.
www.oshunpublishing.com /about_oshun_publishing.htm   (160 words)

  
 City of Oshun
Afterwards we went to her apartment in one of the city's older neighborhoods, on a charming rua that seemed more distinctively Brazil than the streets of the Azenha where I was staying.
When the herbs were ready, I showered with Oshun's soap and then was instructed to pour the herbal mix all over my body.
The lake glowed, the bamboo clumps squeaked and rattled, the scene suffused with the radiance of Oshun.
www.awakenedwoman.com /poa_oshun.htm   (1934 words)

  
 [ELFWOOD] SF&F Art / Aline Carneiro / 'The Orishas - Oshun'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Oshun is a beautiful orisha, when she was on this earth she would not always walk around exposing herself to this degree.
But Oshun is a full figured woman, never has she been skinny (maybe in childhood).
Oshun is the woman with large robust breast.
elfwood.lysator.liu.se /art/a/c/acarneiro/oxum.jpg.html   (837 words)

  
 HomePage
In addition to our unique creations, we will be happy to work with you to custom make pieces for a particular event, or reconstruct your jewelry to create an even more beautiful piece.
Oshun, the African Goddess of love, luxury, creativity and sensuality, delights in the creation of beauty and all things artistic.
She decorates herself with beautiful beads and peacock feathers, and takes pleasure in the self adornment of others.
www.oshunjewelrydesigns.com   (104 words)

  
 Oshun - Queens & Mothers Gallery
Oshun is the Yoruba orisha (or Goddess) of love, beauty and sensuality.
We worship her when we adorn ourselves with jewelry and yellow silken scarves.
She calls to us and whispers the secrets of deep, dusky sensual pleasure.
www.jpc-artworks.com /gallery/queens/oshun.html   (53 words)

  
 Deep Maps: Festival of Oshun (Harbor Series #3)
Oshun or Osun is a Yoruba goddess that is associated with erotic beauty, gold and rivers.
Awo Osun, a New York society of Oshun worshipers, gathers by the Hudson River every summer to honor the deity and pay respects to ancestors.
The Harbor Series is a series of short videos about the ritual and cultural uses of the New York waterfront and was inspired by the Village Voice article: Holy Waters, by Erik Baard Fort Washington Park, Manhattan, 2003 runtime: 00:04:50...
taylorstreetstudio.com /deepmaps/archives/2006/01/oshun_harbor_se.html   (323 words)

  
 Oshun
The bush is a compact, well-rounded grower, reaching a mature size of five to seven feet, depending on climate and culture.
Our plants of Oshun are 6 to 18 inches tall in nursery bands or 4 inch pots.
In the spring, the plants may be slightly smaller, while later in the season, they may be larger.
www.uncommonrose.biz /r/oshun.html   (293 words)

  
 Oshun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the state in Nigeria, see Osun State.
Ọṣun (or Oshun, Oschun) in Yoruba mythology, is a spirit-goddess (Orisha) who reigns over love, intimacy, beauty, wealth and diplomacy.
She is worshipped also in Brazilian Candomblé Ketu, with the name spelled Oxum.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oshun   (254 words)

  
 Oshun
SYMBOLS: Metal fan, brass bracelets worn by priestesses, pot of honey, rainbow, golden chain which ties all her people together, shells, yellow scarves, mirrors, the river Oshun.
DETAILS: Oshun is a Goddess who is both loved and feared.
Possessed of a terrible temper her moods can changes at a moments nothings changing things from sunny skies to frightful storm.
community-2.webtv.net /Toomuwik/Oshun   (261 words)

  
 SevenAfricanPowers.html
Oshun is generous and benevolent, the personification of love and sensuality.
In the New World Oshun was syncretized with Mary in her aspects of Our Lady of Charity and the Black Virgin.
Invoke Oshun beside rivers, streams, any place where fresh water flows.
www.open-sesame.com /Oshun.html   (274 words)

  
 Jouvert 6.1 -2: Elaine Orr, "Crossing the Oshun"
The Oshun was approachable only by path through the dense forest surrounding it, or that's the way I remember it, or that's the route we took.
Since we didn't swim in the Oshun, we rode in the vans -- piloted by one of our teachers or house parents -- over to Ede, about twelve miles from Oshogbo, to swim in a small blue pool, not a very satisfactory body of water.
But on that particular day, I climbed the fence and went looking for the brook and now I think I was trying to cross to Oshun, to get as close to her as I could, to return to a time of peace.
social.chass.ncsu.edu /Jouvert/v6i1-2/orr.htm   (6361 words)

  
 OSHUN : The deity from African Mythology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
OSHUN delights in the pleasures of the senses and blesses all forms of artistry, whether in the kitchen, the studio, the garden or the bedroom.
As our forays into flamboyant costumes seem to lack the feminine touch, let us say she is her very own fashion show.
OSHUN has her very own fresh water river, whose gentle twists and turns symbolise the sensual movements of her very female self.
www.godchecker.com /pantheon/african-mythology.php?deity=OSHUN   (206 words)

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