Key Info

- Influences the pleasurable aspects of live 

- Granter of wishes, grower of love and giver of laughter 

- Has dominion over anything that flows such as water, money or love

Brief Bio

Oshun is the Yoruba orisha associated with love, fertility, femininity, water, destiny, divination, purity, and beauty, and the Osun River, and of wealth and prosperity in the Yoruba religion. She is considered the most popular and venerated of the 401 orishas.

In the mythology, Oshun was once the queen consort to King Shango of Oyo, and deified following her death, honored at the Osun-Osogbo Festival, a two-week-long annual festival that usually takes place in August, at the Oṣun-Osogbo Sacred Grove in Osogbo. A violín is a type of musical ceremony in Regla de Ocha performed for Osún. It includes both European classical music and Cuban popular music.

According to the Ifa Literary Corpus, Oshun was the only female Irunmole (primordial spirit) sent to assist Shango to create the world by Olodumare, the Supreme God. The other spirits sent ignored Oshun, who went to Shango for guidance. Shango forced the other spirits hand to respect Oshun as they would him. Following her death, Olodumare granted her the powers of an orisha.