Oshun

Also known as Oshun ikole

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

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Mythology
Worship
Yorubaland
Brazil
Candomblé
Ozun
Gallery
References
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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.