Ogun

Ògún
*Ògún Lákáayé*
Ògún; Ògún Lákáayé
Warriors, soldiers, blacksmiths, metal workers, craftsmen
Other names	Oggun, Ogou, Ògún or Ogúm
Venerated in	Yoruba religion, Edo religion, Dahomey mythology, Vodun, Santería, Umbanda, Candomblé, Haitian Vodou, Louisiana Voodoo, Folk Catholicism
Region	Nigeria, Benin, Latin America, Haiti

Ogun or Ogoun is a spirit that appears in several African religions. He is also known as the 'God of Iron' and is present in Voodoo.

Overview

Ogun is a powerful spirit of metal work.^[1] Also he is the spirit of war and patron deity of smiths and craftsmen.^[2] He was sent to earth to make it a nice place for people to live, and he has not yet finished this task. The primary symbol of Ogun is Iron.

Characteristics

Consecrated day: Wednesday
Metal: iron
Element: earth
Color: red, black, marine blue
Archetype: authoritarian, hardworking, suspicious, and a bit selfish
Symbols: sword, iron chain

In popular culture

In the story "O compadre de Ogum" by the classic of Brazilian literature Jorge Amado, or the 2nd part of the novel Shepherds of the Night (1964), Ogun is one of the title characters. Ogun baptizes a blond, blue-eyed child, whom the Negro has already recognized as his son.
Ogun and other popular Loa together with the adepts of Voodoo are depicted in 2020 novel Our Wild Sex in Malindi by Andrei Gusev.^[3]^[4]^[5]
Two traditional Voodoo songs dedicated to Loa Ogun were recorded and translated into English by Michel S. Laguerre.^[6]

Ogun Media

Candomblé altar to Ogun, Brazil

References

↑ Adeoye, C. L. (1989). Ìgbàgbọ́ àti ẹ̀sìn Yorùba (in Yorùbá). Ibadan: Evans Bros. Nigeria Publishers. pp. 250–262. ISBN 9781675098.
↑ "Ooni Ogun & The Obalades crown chiefs of Yoruba Land". Dakingsman.com. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-21.
↑ Review of "Our Wild Sex in Malindi" Archived 2020-08-04 at the Wayback Machine — on the site of public fund "Union of writers of Moscow", 2020
↑ Andrei Gusev “Our Wild Sex in Malindi”, 2020. Archived 2020-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Andrei Gusev «Наш жёсткий секс в Малинди» in Lady’s Club (in Russian). Archived 2020-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Laguerre, Michel (1980). Voodoo Heritage. Beverly Hills, Calif: Sage Publications. pp. 131–137. ISBN 0803914032

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[ad-1] Adeoye, C. L. (1989). Ìgbàgbọ́ àti ẹ̀sìn Yorùba (in Yorùbá). Ibadan: Evans Bros. Nigeria Publishers. pp. 250–262. ISBN 9781675098.

[2] "Ooni Ogun & The Obalades crown chiefs of Yoruba Land". Dakingsman.com. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-21.

[3] Review of "Our Wild Sex in Malindi" Archived 2020-08-04 at the Wayback Machine — on the site of public fund "Union of writers of Moscow", 2020

[4] Andrei Gusev “Our Wild Sex in Malindi”, 2020. Archived 2020-10-09 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Andrei Gusev «Наш жёсткий секс в Малинди» in Lady’s Club (in Russian). Archived 2020-06-09 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Laguerre, Michel (1980). Voodoo Heritage. Beverly Hills, Calif: Sage Publications. pp. 131–137. ISBN 0803914032

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