Ogun
deity earth Yoruba corroborated · 14
Ogun governs iron and war.
↻ synthesized from 14 sources
When
- Historical notes
- Living tradition documented in Cuba.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Yemoja, Tempo, Oxôssi, souls of the dead, Obalufon Ogbogbodirin, Oricha, Eleguá, Ochosi, Ochún, Yemaja, Babalú Ayé, Osain, Orula, Ibeyi, Olosá, Agagyú, Obalufon Alayemore, Obalufon Deity, Oshé, Odin, Osiris, Ōmukade, Obayifo, Obia, Og, Ogre, Ojáncanu, Oni, Orthrus, onibi, Obake, Obariyon, Oceanid, Odei, Odmience, Oiwa, Ōkami, Okiku, Öksökö, Ōkubi, Okuri-inu, Ole-Higue, Onikuma, Onmoraki, Onoskelis, Onryō, Opiyel Guabiron, Orang Bunian, Orang Minyak, Ördög, Oread, Ork, Orobas, Otso, Ouroboros, Ovinnik, Owlman, Odùduwà, Mọremí, Orishas, Oko, Oyá, Olokún, Eṣu, Ṣàngó, Aganju, Ọsanyin, Ọbaluaye, Elédùa, Agẹmọ, Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì, Oshun, Obá, Ọbàtálá, Ayé, Ajé, Odù, Elders of the Night, Awon Iya Wa, Kagu-tsuchi, Qaynan, Vishvakarman, Ame-no-Mahitotsu, Olodumare, Olorun, Ifá
- manifests as
- Ogun of the town of Ilara, Ogun of the town of Ire, Ogun of the town of Ikole, Ogun of woodcarvers, Ogun of the town of Ila, Ogun of the Akirin people, Ogun of the Elemono people
- parent of
- Oranyan
- consort of
- Oyá
- syncretized with
- Saint Peter
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Ogun governs iron and war”
#102 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“shrines to forest orixás like Oxossi and Ogun, and a balé, a place set aside for the souls of the dead.”
#303 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“The second guerro is Ogun, viewed as the oricha of weapons and war, and also of iron and blacksmiths.”
#330 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Each orisha governs specific aspects of nature and human experience—for example, Ogun governs iron and war, Oshun rules over love and rivers, and Yemoja is associated with motherhood and the ocean.”
#459 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Ogun is one of the several Orisha shown in Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods, a comic series written by Murewa Ayodele.”
#761 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6