Oshun
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thumb|Shrine to Oshun in the Osun-Osogbo|Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Yoruba
- Deity.name
- Oshun
- Deity.other_names
- Ọ̀ṣun, Ochún, Oxúm
- Deity.member_of
- the Orisha
- Deity.venerated_in
- Yoruba religion, Dahomey mythology, Vodun, Santería, Candomblé, Haitian Vodou, Dominican Vudú
- Deity.image
- WLA haa Kneeling Female Figure Devotee of Oshun Yoruba people 2.jpg
- Deity.deity_of
- Goddess of Water, Purity, Fertility, Love, and Sensuality
- Deity.region
- Nigeria, Benin, Latin America, Haiti, Cuba
- Deity.ethnic_group
- Yoruba people, Fon people
- Deity.spouse
- Shango, Oshosi, Ogun
- Deity.color
- Yellow, coral, gold, white
- Deity.festivals
- Osun-Osogbo
- Deity.symbols
- Abẹ̀bẹ̀, gold, bronze, amber, pumpkin, honey, mead, wine, confections, orange
- Deity.animals
- Vulture, peacock
- Deity.number
- Five
- Deity.greek_equivalent
- Aphrodite
- Deity.norse_equivalent
- Freyja, Frigg
- Deity.roman_equivalent
- Venus
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- domain of saint or deity
- river
- worshipped by
- Yoruba religion
- Commons category
- Oxum
- culture
- Yoruba religion
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Mythology
- Worship
- Yorubaland
- Brazil
- Candomblé
- Ozun
- Gallery
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Shrine to Oshun in the Osun-Osogbo|Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
Oshun (also Ọṣun, Ochún, and Oxúm) is the orisha associated with love, sexuality, fertility, femininity, water, destiny, divination, purity, wealth, prosperity and beauty, and the Osun River, in the Yoruba religion. She is considered the most popular and venerated of the 401 orishas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oshun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.