Oshun
deity water Yoruba corroborated · 9
Oshun rules over love and rivers.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- Historical notes
- Living tradition documented in West Africa, Brazil, and Cuba.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Yemoja, Oranyan, 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, Oko, Xɛvioso, Mawu-Lisa, Erinlè̩, Aja, Ayé, Babalú-Ayé, Ọsanyin, Oshosi, Erinlè̩, Yemowo, Iyami Aje, Odù, Iyami Osoronga, Oyá, Ozun, Hongolo, Kisimbi, Odùduwà, Orishas, Olokún, Yewa, Oricha, Ogun, Ifá, Irúnmọlẹ̀
- consort of
- Ṣàngó, Shango, King Shango, Eshu Laroye
- enemy of
- Obá
- syncretized with
- Our Lady of Charity, Our Lady of Charity, Nkisi Ndandalunda
- child of
- Olodumare
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Oshun rules over love and rivers”
#103 · 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.”
#460 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“his wives include Oya, Oshun, and Oba, as in the Yoruba tradition.”
#773 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Oshun (Nigeria) – God of love and fertility”
#5159 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Oshun, orisha of sweet water, purity, fertility, love, and sensuality”
#7708 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001