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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)

	Details
		the main shrine for oshun, the yorouba godess of the rivers is located here in a forrest, at the shores of the oshun river.
		i had heard much about oshun during my various trips to cuba, where she is greatly recognized, not only as the river godess, but the godess of all sweetwaters.
		it is a very interesting and beautiful place and, seeing the peacefulness of the river, one can understand that the godess of love and sensuality was found here.
	www.contrast.cx /diary/detail.php3?id=343&last=952 (276 words)

	Inland fishery resources of nigeria
		Within Nigeria the River Niger is fed by rivers flowing into it from all directions with headwaters originating from the central plateau in the north, from the Yoruba highlands in the south, from Benin Republic to the west and from the eastern highlands.
		The River Benue is fed by rivers emanating both from the high central plateau and also from the Cameroon mountains and Ogoja hills.
		Both the Ogun and Oshun rives are fed by rivers originating from the Yoruba highlands.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/T1230E/T1230E02.htm (817 words)

	TriniView.com - Fruits, flowers, honey for Oshun
		Pink which is the goddess Oshun’s colour and white were the most predominant among the riot of colours at the festive occasion.
		Oshun is the mother (deity) of fertility in the Orisa faith.
		The Oshun Festival originated in Oshogobro near the Oshun River in Nigeria many centuries ago.
	www.triniview.com /selfnews/viewnews.cgi?newsid1030544526,47325,.shtml (680 words)

	04/09/18 Exploring The Dark Goddess of Mythology
		As a three-fold goddess of the moon, Hecate is often associated with Artemis, the virgin huntress and maiden of the waxing moon, Selene the mother with the brightly shinning full moon, and Hecate the crone with the mysterious dark moon and its waning aspect (Nyx 40).
		The Yoruba Orisha of wind and the Niger River is Oya.
		Humiliated, Oshun let the village and drowned in a river which became the Oshun River which she became the Orisha of as well as fertility to barren women.
	www.necofwicca.org /newsweb/AI091804.htm (1564 words)

	In honor of Oshun
		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.
		The orishas were astonished and they doubted that Oshun, the youngest orisha, could reach heaven and convince the creator to save the earth.
		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)

	Oshun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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)

	MysticRose's Xanga Site
		She takes me to a tropical paradise, warm and wet, where the sun shines brightly and the vegetation grows verdant and thick; where rivers flow into the sparkling sea; where many-colored birds wing in a cerulean sky; where the people are dark, sexy, and beautiful; and where the evening wind gently wafts passionate lovers.
		In this guise Her symbol is a heart peirced with knives, and both Her and Oshun have been equated with the Virgin Mary as the sorrowful and suffering Mater Dolorosa.
		In Africa, She is the Goddess of the Oshun River in the Yoruban region of the tropical western part of the continent.
	www.xanga.com /home.aspx?user=MysticRose (3845 words)

	Bibliobibuli: Meeting Oshun
		She married into the polygamous household of an illiterate Yoruba drummer and became one of the priestesses for the Oshun cult of the Yoruba people.
		Oshun is the most beautiful one, the flirtacious owner of the river, wearer of beautiful clothes and jewellery, the sensual one, the bringer of children to the wombs of the barren, the seductive dancer who lured out Ogun the creator when he had withdrawn from the world.
		Oshun is beauiful and patience with her children!
	thebookaholic.blogspot.com /2005/04/meeting-oshun.html (1237 words)

	IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE PROGRAMMES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A number of irrigation projects completed by the River Basin Development Authorities during this period were routinely operated and maintained for irrigation cropping in order to contribute to the national policy on food security as well as create opportunities for employment.
		The project is located in the flood plains of River Niger at Shonga, in Edu Local Government area of Kwara State.
		The dam is capable of irrigating 3,000 hectares of farm land.
	www.nopa.net /Water_Resources/messages/5.shtml (1555 words)

	The Wise Woman's Tarot - by Flash Silvermoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		head she wears the crown of brass, the metal that transmits the force personified by the river.
		The river appears to be pouring forth from Oshun's genitals, the sacred door to all life.
		Oshun's riverside pools are teeming with potential life forms, still incubating in her dark backwaters
	www.flashsilvermoon.com /twwt/page0037.htm (335 words)

	International Centre - University of Prince Edward Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Yemoja originated with a Yoruba river goddess, and is believed to be present within the waters of the Oshun River.
		Finally, the climax of the ceremony for Oshun is reached: sanctified food is brought down to the river by the Chief Priest who throws it into the river.
		Everyone then rushes into the river to bathe and fill their pots with water, while the Ataoja is asked to sit on a stone slab in the Oshun Grove.
	www.upei.ca /~cie/APRIL01.HTM (2526 words)

	The Wise Woman's Tarot - by Flash Silvermoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		For this I use the image of Oshun.
		Yoruban Goddess, Mother of the River, sister of the Sea (Goddess) Yemonja, and a
		Oshun is shown here slender and naked, reclining against a tree in a serpent like, seductive posture,
	www.flashsilvermoon.com /twwt/page0036.htm (261 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.
		At the river, we could see the shrines for the goddess: rounded white sculptures close to the ground and rising out of the greenery like a dispersed herd of humped and grazing animals.
		The river spoke, rippling in her bed, but perhaps her song was a dirge.
	social.chass.ncsu.edu /jouvert/v6i1-2/orr.htm (6361 words)

	Toco
		The purpose of the festival is to pay "obeisance to the river as a deity." In the Orisa faith, Oshun is the mother (deity) of fertility and is the mirror that assists people reflecting on life.
		The Oshun Festival has its origins many centuries ago in Oshogobro, near the Oshun River in Nigeria, and the time of its celebration is in accordance with the Orisa calendar.
		Writer Earl Lovelace was born in Toco and visitors to the town can view the large collection of historical items at the Toco Folk Museum which was opened in 1997.
	www.bestoftrinidad.com /communities/toco.html (217 words)

	The Lukumí Pantheon
		Yewá, a lagoon and river orisha, is transplanted to the cemetery.
		Also as a result of the syncretic processes, the orishas are often referred to as “santos,” and initiation into the cult of an orisha is termed as “hacer santo—making the saint.” The annual celebrations held for the orishas actually take place on the anniversary of the Catholic saint with which it was identified.
		He is found at crossroads and corners, in the mountain, the seashore, the river, the curb of the sidewalk, or at the door or our homes.
	ilarioba.tripod.com /articlesmine/Pantheon.htm (9734 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.
		Adorn her altar with brass objets, copper bracelets, and a dish filled with white river stones.
	www.open-sesame.com /Oshun.html (274 words)

	YEMOO7's Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The cult to Yemoja is originally from Abeokuta, although the largest number of her devotees are from Egbado.
		It is said in Nigeria that Yemoja was born in the city of Bida, from the land of Nupe in the Takua region, where the Ogun river springs.
		Yemoja was the wife of Oranmiyan (grandson of Oduduwa, first King of Ife) and by him he bore Shango; she ruled in Oyo where she became as popular as many Obas (kings).
	members.aol.com /YEMOO7/indexyemoja.html (352 words)

	Osun -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The state has a covering of tropical rain forest, and the Oshun is the most important river.
		It lies along the Osun River at a point on the railroad from Lagos, 112 miles (180 km) southwest, and at the intersection of roads from Oshogbo, Ogbomosho, and Ife.
		It lies along a tributary of the Oshun River and on the road from Ogbomosho to Oshogbo.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9057630?tocId=9057630 (427 words)

	DAMS AND RESERVOIR OPERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Government embarked on the construction of numerous dams and reservoirs for water supply, irrigation, flood control and fisheries activities through the agency of 9 River Basin Development Authorities.
		The dam is located in Sokoto State and is to supply domestic water to Sokoto, Argungu and Birnin Kebbi towns and to provide irrigation at Middle Rima Valley (MRVP) and Zauro Polder in Sokoto and Kebbi State respectively.
		The project is located in Oyo State 28 km North East of Iseyin and is used to supplement water supply to Lagos and Ogun States Water corporations, irrigation and power generation.
	www.nopa.net /Water_Resources/messages/3.shtml (534 words)

	August Festivals - Print Version
		It is celebrated as am mark of appreciation for the goddess of Oshun River for things done to the celebrants.
		This is a festival of the Ijaws of Yenagoa in Rivers state.
		Featuring boat regatta, the festival commemorates the killing of a ferociousbull in ancient times by a courageous hunter.
	www.onlinenigeria.com /links/LinksReadPrint.asp?blurb=475 (165 words)

	THISDAYonline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Awororebo said the N896,030,000 million accrued from the supply of raw water from the Oyan River Dam to the Ogun State Water Corporation for both domestic and industrial uses.
		He stressed that apart from the Oyan River Multipurpose Dam with about 270 million cubic metre capacity, the Ministry of Water Resources has completed a 5.6 million cubic metre Dam at Oke-Odan for both domestic and irrigation purposes.
		The minister said that apart from supplying irrigation water to the proposed 400 hectres of Oke Odan Irrigation scheme, when fully operational, the State Water Corporation might consider water treatment projects for the community, utilising the dam.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2003/12/01/20031201news21.html (326 words)

	Page Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		given to daughters of OSHUN due to the story
		The common belief is that OSHUN is the owner of all
		rivers Contrary to this belief is that she actually is the
	www.elegba.com /osun.html (40 words)

	THISDAYonline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Chairman board of directors of Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Aut- hority (OORBDA) Chief (Mrs) Iyabode Apampa has said that the authority will soon be commercialised for greater efficiency and stronger financial base.
		Mrs Apampa made the disclosure during a chat with newsmen shortly after an inspection tour of some of OORBDA's projects located in Ikeja and Apapa areas of Lagos State.
		The OORBDA chairman who declined to disclose the amount the face-lifting would cost the authority, however, said that a substantial amount of money which, according to her, would soon be recovered will be spent on it.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2001/04/28/20010428sta03.html (270 words)

	African Art Tour Fabric & Fashion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Main shrine to the river goddess, Oshun, protector of the town of Oshogbo
		Figure dedicating to the Goddess Oshun by the banks of the River Oshun
		Shrine to the River Goddess Oshun and the Priest of Oshun
	www.blackartstudio.com /Shrines.html (58 words)

	Love Goddess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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.
		Originality a river goddess in Africa was like the other Orisha were taken to the Caribbean, and North and South American like the other God and Goddess of the Yoruba and West Africa.
		The youngest of those gods she is the goddess to ask for money as well as the goddess who brings children to barren women, and the holder of all secrets and witchcraft.
	spaces.msn.com /members/goddessden/PersonalSpace.aspx?owner=1 (1465 words)

	Orishas
		Oshun is the Orisha of freshwater lakes, rivers, and streams.
		Her name comes from the Oshun River in Nigeria.
		Her symbol is a fan, comb or mirror.
	www.blueroebuck.com /orishas.html (703 words)

	1610-EN-WR-NG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Preliminary investigations and feasibility study for establishment of a raw water source on the Oshun River and associated treatment and distribution facilities (capacity 250,000 cu.m/day) for water supply to Lagos.
		- Collection and evaluation of meteorological and hydrological data on the Oshun River Basin, including rainfall records, temperatures, atmospheric pressure, wind velocities, river hydrography and rating curves.
		The studies were conducted using a mathematical simulation model to calculate minimum flow and flood volumes for different recurrence periods.
	www.tahal.co.il /projects/1610-EN-WR-NG.html (299 words)

	Oshun - Unipedia
		Oshun : Santeria and Orisha of Love and Sensuality
		Facets of the Diamond: What Oshun Told Us
		Socio-economic factors affecting agricultural productivity in some villages of Oshun Division (Western Region)
	www.unipedia.info /Oshun.html (194 words)

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