Thread by @blackrepublican

The Archetype of #Oshun and the Divine Feminine

Luisah Teish on the archetype of Oshun. This is an outtake from an interview with Luisah Teish for the film "Changing of the Gods."

#TheBlackGods

Before the slave trade, Before Islam or Christianity -- we worshipped Black Gods. And, there are a lot of them.

These African Deities Are The Best Gods You've Never Heard Of

Move over Zeus, there's an old pantheon in town. 

buzzfeed.com/amphtml/donnad…

Ibeji — Spirit Of The Twins 👯

Ibeji (known as Ibejí, Ibeyí, or #Jimaguas in Latin America) is the name of an Orisha representing a pair of twins in the Yoruba religion of the Yoruba people ( present-day Nigeria).

#BlackHistoryMonth

The Land Of Twins | BBC World

“It's a curious, but little-known fact that the rate of twin births in West Africa is about four times higher than in the rest of the world."

bbc.co.uk/worldservice/p…

The Gods and Goddesses Of The #Yoruba — (Part 2) 

#BlackGods #Africa

 

Dahomey mythology: The Goddess Mawu

"Mawu (alternately:#Mahu) is a creator goddess, associated with the sun and moon in Dahomey mythology. In some myths, she is the wife of the male god Lisa."

The above story is about a snake, a God, and the creation of humans.

#Atete, Goddess of the #Oromo People in southern 🇪🇹 #Ethiopia

- Atete is an Ethiopian Goddess of Spring and Fertility.

- She is “power of life, abundance, fortune, wealth,” and Fridays are sacred to her

sourcememory.net/veleda/?p=772

misszeeee.wordpress.com/2015/05/02/god…

Osanyin - God Of Forest, Herbs, Medicines, Magic, Power, Healing
godchecker.com/pantheon/afric… …
yagbeonilu.com/osanyin-metaph…

The spirituality of Africa

Jacob Olupona, professor of indigenous African religions at Harvard Divinity School recently sat down for an interview about his lifelong research on indigenous African religions.

news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/… via @Harvard

“Some African cosmologies have a clear idea of a supreme being, other do not. The Yoruba have a concept of a supreme being, called #Olorun or #Olodumare, and this creator god is empowered by the various orisa [deities] to create the earth and carry out all its functions.”

“African spirituality simply acknowledges that beliefs and practices touch on and inform every facet of human life, and therefore African religion cannot be separated from the everyday or mundane.”

— Dr. Jacob Olupona

The African God of the White Cloth

#Obatala (known as #Obatalá in Latin America and Yoruba mythology) is an Orisha. He is the Sky Father and creator of human bodies, which were brought to life by the smooth breath of Olodumare.

m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_98…

🌈 Osumare - Orisha of the rainbow, serpents, cycles, and transformation

This Orisha is apparently androgynous and spends part of the year as a man and part as a women.

templeofathena.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/gmc…

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

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OSUMARE

Oya is a Great Yoruban Orisha.

She s the goddess of Storms and Winds, and Her realm ranges from rainbows to thunder.

The Black Gods of Africa

The separation of #Oya and #Yemaya

sites.google.com/site/theyoruba…

Yemaya stood there and listened to her daughter and could not believe that Oya would be so angry and ignited to start war over a man . None the less her own son, the man who she had claimed to love.

#Yemaya responded "Do not count on me to end this marriage, Because child you forget it is my OMO AlAFI (favorite son) who is caught in the middle of your tempest , and I will never fight against my own son".

"#Yemaya felt sorrow for her daughter Oya and her sadness and tried in vain to reason her child for her to accept the situation as it was."

Oya had always listened to her mother's advise but not on this occasion, and from that time on #Oya grew distant from #Yemaya.

#TheBlackGodsOfAfrica

⚡️Oya⚡️, the Great Orisha of the Storms 🌨🌊🌪

A Black Aquarian Goddess feared because of her awesome power.

She is the protector of those WITH NO PROTECTION."

‘What injustice consumes
Oya’s water quell.’

journeyingtothegoddess.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/god…

"#Oya had become so furious that she wanted to destroy the kingdom with her winds, but controlled herself because she respected her father Obatala.

Sad and lonely, she turned to Yemaya "Iya mi" with your waters & my winds we could end this marriage".

The following information is directed at, intended for White people who say that Black people have no history. You're a liar,.and The Truth is not in you.

Celia in Africa
Dancing with Oya & Shango
.. back home in Momma Africa performing in Zaire.