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ORISHA OSHUMARE

RAINBOW GOD OF THE YORUBA TRIBE , WORLDWIDE

After the creation of heaven , Earth , and all the great divinities, Olodumare ordered the orisha of rainbow called osumare to strike a signal across the earth , indicating that creation has been completed

Osumare (pronounced O-SHU-mar-RAY) is the Yoruba Orisha of the rainbow, Osu(Months) mare(a part of Gods name-oloduMARE)

Osumare resides at the back of huge mountains , part of his duty is to beautify the sky with great colors , showing both humans and the irunmole's that Olodumare is still the beginning and the end

He also conveys messages through the rainbows from earth to heaven and from heaven to earth

Osumare symbolizes the union of heaven and earth, and the balance between people and the Orishas. He is simply the symbol of unity and balance

whatever sacred tasks Oshumare was assigned to do, it is restricted to only the sky

To the elders, whenever a Rainbow is spotted early in the morning, the whole year will abound with tranquility, plenty of money, comfort and good health to all of the world.

Osumare The rainbow orisha that controls movement, change, mobility. Osumare rules transformation and anything that goes in cycles, such as rain and drought, poverty and wealth.

Osumare is a guardian and protector of children, and controls the umbilical cord as well, which sounds strange and a little arbitrary at first. But the Yoruba considered the umbilical cord to a link between our living world and the world of the ancestors

Note the multicolor👇🏼

When a child is born, the umbilical cord and placenta would be buried under a tree, preferably a palm tree. But no one but the parent of the child would know which tree, so that evil doers would not have power over the child when he or she has fully grown.

Oshumare is also called the “Crown of Yemoyale” -Birth Mother of ODU, Some of the offerings to Osumare are cold water, wild honey, beautiful flowers, white powder, perfume, and duck
The best day to worship Osumare is Sunday, One of Osumare’s titles is “Owner of the colored Belt”

Now you know the story of Orisha Osumare,

Please note we have 401 gods in the Yoruba history, just stay with me, I am preparing more stories for you as I work on my book too

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