Oshun
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Oshun is a major Yoruba orisha revered as the goddess of fresh water, love, beauty, fertility, and diplomacy.
Aliases (1)
- Oshún ×1
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba goddess
→
deity → orisha → |
| associatedAnimal |
peacock
→
river fish → vulture → |
| associatedColor |
amber
→
gold → yellow → |
| associatedDay | Saturday → |
| associatedFood |
honey
→
sweet foods → |
| associatedNumber | 5 → |
| associatedObject |
bracelets
→
fan → gold jewelry → mirror → |
| associatedPlant |
cinnamon
→
honey → |
| associatedRiver | Osun River → |
| associatedWith |
fresh water
→
rivers → streams → |
| attribute |
coquetry
→
generosity → sweetness → vengefulness when offended → |
| centerOfCult |
Osogbo
→
Osogbo →
surface form: "Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove"
|
| countryOfWorshipSite | Nigeria → |
| culture | Yoruba people → |
| domain |
beauty
→
diplomacy → fertility → fresh water → healing → love → prosperity → sensuality → |
| festival | Osun-Osogbo Festival → |
| gender | female → |
| mythologicalRole |
bringer of children to barren women
→
mediator between humans and other orishas → restorer of prosperity → |
| offeringType |
honey
→
pumpkins → sweet wines → yellow flowers → |
| positionInPantheon | one of the most important Yoruba orishas → |
| relatedDeity |
Oba
→
Oya → Yemoja → |
| religion | Yoruba religion → |
| role |
goddess of beauty
→
goddess of fertility → goddess of fresh water → goddess of love → goddess of rivers → patron of diplomacy → patron of female sexuality → patron of marriage → patron of motherhood → |
| spouseInSomeTraditions |
Orunmila
→
Shango → |
| symbol |
golden ornaments
→
mirror and fan → river water → |
| syncretizedReligion | Roman Catholicism → |
| syncretizedWith |
Our Lady Aparecida
→
surface form: "Our Lady of Aparecida"
Our Lady of Charity → |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteAssociated |
Osogbo
→
surface form: "Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove"
|
| veneratedIn |
Candomblé
→
Ifá tradition → Santería →
surface form: "Lucumí religion"
Santería → |
| worshipRegion |
African diaspora
→
Benin → Brazil → Caribbean → Cuba → Nigeria → Togo → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Oshún"