Oshun

Orisa of the Osun River, love, fertility, healing sweet-waters, and wealth.

Parentage

• parent: Olodumare

Children

• Ibeji

Domains

• rivers sweet waters
• love fertility
• beauty wealth

Powers

• Heals and purifies with sweet river water
• Bestows children on the barren
• Wins favour through sweetness and allure

Epithets

• Yèyé Olómi tútù yoruba · orikiGracious mother, owner of cool/sweet watersJ. M. Murphy & M. M. Sanford (eds.), Òṣun across the Waters (2001); P. Verger, Notes sur le culte des orisa (1957) (secondary)
• Ọọ̀re Yèyé o yoruba · praise-nameHail, gracious Mother — the standard devotional salute to OshunJ. M. Murphy & M. M. Sanford (eds.), Òṣun across the Waters (2001) (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: EshuFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: ObatalaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: OduduwaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: OrunmilaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: OsanyinFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: YemojaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• existence: Wikipedia, Oshun; Murphy & Sanford, Osun across the Waters (2001) (secondary)