ᐈ Children of Oshun 【Characteristics, Names, Tips and MORE】

The sons of oshun, better known as Omo, they have very particular features that identify them and differentiate them from the rest. They are very cheerful and attractive people who undoubtedly attract attention wherever they go. If you want to know other aspects about Oshun’s children, continue reading this article.

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Children of Oshun: How are they?

oshun is who rules over streams, fresh waters and rivers that represent fertility and loveshe is the one who is closest to her and is used as a means to obtain help with money, she has the title of great queen, even though she is the youngest of all the Orishas.

Your children should start out priests, no matter what your Orisha is. They must attend the river and become aware of what they are about to do. The colors yellow and gold are with which it is recognized and the number that belongs to it is five. He is often pictured with vultures and peacocks because they are his.

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Characteristics of the Children of Oshun

in front of a crowd, they are very easy to identify because they are very charismatic and very attractive people.

They like that everything around them looks perfect, that luxuries and riches are shown, although they do not like to clean the places where they live and live, Oshun’s children are usually messy.

They are people who like to be the center of attention and they love parties. They may spend a lot of time getting ready because they care about their personal image.

They are people of great abundance and they reward their loved ones with gifts and attentions although they waste a lot of money and usually spend more than what is within their reach and if they cannot cover this, they make someone else pay their expenses.

They are very cheerful, but sometimes they can be very moody, they are prone to getting angry very easily if they do not pay them the attention they consider they require.

They are characterized by being individuals who express feelings of pity towards themselves when situations arise that have not been accepted.

daughters of oshun

They are women who, by nature, they are very sensual. Many times they are victims of abuse, caused by their partner because they have great sensitivity.

They tend to suffer discrimination from others due to the fact that they are sensual, since when they see them physically, they draw conclusions that are far from reality and have negative opinions about them. This characteristic makes them women who never go unnoticed.

In the same way, they like to have the eyes on them and that is achieved thanks to the power they have. The daughters are equal to Oshun, they enjoy the world around them in a special way, they appreciate everything around them Because they are very observant, they like to innovate and transform their lives because they don’t like being in a routine.

They enjoy everything they can experience and do, even if it is the simplest thing. Due to the fact that they give themselves without limits, they are very emotionally vulnerable, they are very possessive and jealous.

Names of your Children

In all the initiation ceremonies the name of the santero is placed, guided by the protective saint, some names that a son or daughter of Oshun may have are mentioned below:

Oshun Phrases for her Children

Oshun is characterized for being a mother who goes out of her way for her children and that she is very charitable, being like that does not make her weak at all, it is quite the opposite because when some describe her, they express that when she gets upset she is like boiling water.

Through her phrases, Oshun seeks to keep her children on the right track. The main messages she gives are the following:

The dead must be cared for. Take care of your diet. Do not abuse and reach excesses. Above all, a lot of respect for women. There is no need to argue.

What was presented above are the rules that your children must abide by, since they are the main ones. Below are some of Oshun’s phrases that he sends to his children:

Children of Shango and Oshun

There are many Ifá oracles that are located in the Yoruba religion, through the correlation between Shango and Oshun. In a diversity of myths, it is expressed that between the two of them, at the time there was a relationship that was passionate, they turned out to be lovers, but then they moved away and in this way they never had a relationship again.

On the other hand, in other stories it is said that Shango and Oshun were two very religious husbands, and in others they show a story where there was hatred and a rivalry that was always present between them.

Of the different stories and myths that are told, what is believed is that the relationship between them was very stormy and complicated, which led them to end up hating each other.

To find love, you can go to them, depending on the moment you are going through, even if you have those possibilities, it is not likely that a love relationship will arise between your children.

Love between Shango and Oshun

One of the various stories that exist tells that Shango and Oshun at the time were the most powerful and rich of the Orishas. They were a couple and lived together, but they were not in a good situation.

Olofin, who was the supreme king, every once in a while made a party with a great banquet, with the intention of inviting all the Orishas. In his meetings, what he used to give away was gold and jewelry, Shango and Oshun did not attend these events because their economic situation was very unstable.

In order to get these two Orishas to attend, Olofin planned to leave the cost of gifts aside so that they both decided to attend his party, so he decided to give castilla gourds.

The Orishas present at that moment did not like the gift given at all, but out of politeness, they still decided to take it with them. Shango and Oshun were on the street, so the other Orishas decided to give him what they had with them. They gladly accepted because they were looking for something to eat.

When preparing food for dinner, they are pleasantly surprised that inside the pumpkin there are many jewels and gold, for this reason they became very powerful people.

War between Shango and Oshun for a town in misery

Another legend deals with the hate relationship that existed between these two Orishas.

It was a town, which lived in extreme misery because they did not follow the Osha regulations since they had no knowledge about it. For this reason, Oshun decides to help them, teaching them and explaining the rules to be able to belong to the religion.

For this reason, the town begins to improve and begins to prosper. Shangó is enraged by what is happening in the town, because he was the one who made it remain in misery, so he decides to kill whoever had an osha and thus declares war on Oshun.

Can they be together?

Obara Bogbeis a sign in which an aphorism is presented, in which it is manifested that the children of Shango cannot crown the children of Oshun, nor vice versa, this due to the legend that is told about them, in which there is the hate.

The ninth celestial sphere tells that Shangó presents characteristics and energies that belong to the olar ones, while the Venusian ones belong to Oshun. What is said is that opposites attract.

Likewise, Shangó in the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, represents fire and its energies depart from the Leo sign. While Oshun’s energies are generated from Taurus, specifically from the second decan and from the first in Libra, that’s why they are dual, which characterize air and earth.

Relationships may arise between your children in which they have a lot of chemistry, but this relationship with time becomes very unstable and it ends in the two feeling hate for each other.

Children of Oshun and Obatala

Due to the characteristics that describe the children of Oshun and Obatalá, it can be said that they have a very good relationshipthese are:

Vain, well-dressed, Oshun’s children are characterized by liking this, women have an attitude in which they are very sensual, so people get confused and think they are very liberal, but they are faithful and have the conditions to make something happen.

Obatalá’s children are people who rule, they are calculating and intelligent, they are people who establish themselves in important positions, they are extremists and they grow gray hair at a very early age.

There is also a legend that tells why Oshun and Obatalá get along so well and are so close. They were very much in love and for that very reason, they got married, which led Shango to dedicate himself to her and stop being a womanizer, totally changing what was hers.

What is said is that only Oshun could calm Shango down when he got upset and furious, this happened when they were in love.

When it started, everything flowed very well, but as time went by, everything changed and things were not as good as before because Shango, when he left, in order to fight, he had to leave Oshun locked up, so that no one could see her, because he had become obsessed. with her and for fear that she would deceive him, he resorted to this method so that no one would approach him.

For this reason, Oshun gets sick, for the reason that she used to go out a lot, always be from one place to another, and then between the changes, she spent a lot of time alone, locked up and that is why she was not heard from.

It appears that Shango has to go to other lands, so he locks up his wife again, he cried a lot because of the situation of pain and sadness in which he found himself and felt, his crying could be heard around him, because of how strong it was. it was, but no one could help because they didn’t know where it came from.

Eleggua, passing near where Oshun was locked up, heard her heartbreaking cry and felt sorry for how she sounded, she cried so much that she decided to go with Obatalá and tell him what had happened. Obatalá approached the place, looking under the window and managed to see his daughter that she was in deep sadness and pain.

Seeing that, he got upset, moved his iruke and from a strong wind, Oshun was turned into a dove and in this way…