Women ordinarily do not confer that initiation on men. This tradition originates among the yoruba people of west africa, in the area of presentday. Most often, they are the stories or myths that accompany the odu letters or signs that arise in. It is called the oracles of ifa and consists of a body of sacred stories pataki. Eleggua, oggun, oshosi y ozun, santos consagrados en otanes piedras. It is a very helpful book for learning about santeria, especially if you know a bit of the basics but would like more specific information about an orisha. This is really a reference book that carefully goes through each of the major orishas, their legends, their days, numbers, likes, etc. Yoruba priest and author wande abimbola 2000 states that lucumi is not syncretic because the stories of the bible are not intertwined with the patakis. It would be good practice to determine with the orishaworshiping community. Descargue como pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. The orishas are not gods and goddesses, but they are olodumares divine chosen children who watch over us. They prefer to communicate through the cowrie shell oracle or the coconut oracle biague.
Read online and download ebook powers of the orishas. Santeria and the worship of saints by migene gonzalezwippler pdf subject. The orishas speak briefly and get directly to the point. They are the sum total of the wealth of wisdom left to us by our ancestors. Patakis or itas are the repositories of the oral tradition in our religion. The practice of calling the orishas saints became firmly entrenched in the religious practices of santeria. Pataki is the name for the legends or myths about the life of the.
Esta gua esta realizada con fines nicamente educativos, y es una recopilacin del blog santeria orishas. The trances end comes spontaneously, although the godmother or. Eshu is the messenger god, acting as a link between humans and the yoruba deities orishas. A pataki tells that orunmila introduced ochun to cowrie shell divination prior to leaving her for a short trip. This word is pronounced like orisha, in the brazilian version it is written orixa, in. Eshu is the messenger god, acting as a link between humans and the. The best books on the internet for osha, ifa, and palo in english and spanishdirect from cubas elders. Another common initiation is the intitiation into the seven african powers elegua, obatala, oggun, chango, yemaya.
In many ways it was natural for christian missionaries to compare the orishas to saints. The orishas orisas, orixas are deities associated with yoruba and. Saints are not god but they are divine messengers who intercede on the behalf of humanity when we pray. Orisha guerrero, justiciero, inteligente, violento y viril.
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