“ᐈ Obba 【Who is, Treaty, Prayers and MORE】”

Obbais considered in the Yoruba religion as a Goddess of great strength, much more than some Orishas men.

She is in charge of generally directing matters related to the love of a couple.

Obba loves intensely and is very sweet. She is capable of forgiving and giving her all without receiving anything in return from human beings, just as the earth absolves nature from the disasters that happen, destroying everything in her path.

Obama: who is he?

Obba It is an Orisha, it symbolizes forbidden love and the offering for the loved one, as well as it represents loyalty in the couple.

It is linked to the lagoons and lakes. Together with Yewá and Oyá, they live in the cemetery and symbolize risky warriors.

Obbaunlike Yewá who lives inside the coffin, you watch over the graves.

The name of Obba originates from Yoruba Òbbá (Oba: king – Òbè: soup), just like “the king’s soup”. She is not received as Orisha of custody, her children are made Oshun with gold for Obbabut over time due to his solitary and emotionally inconstant temperament he becomes Orisha of Adimú.

Among the characteristics of Obba are the following:

Her parents are Yembó and Obbatalá, she is the sister of Yewá and Oyá, she is Shangó’s lover and because of him she cut off one of her ears, for this reason she was banished.
She went to live in the mountains and then lived alone in the cemetery. She had love affairs with Oggun, to whom she gave the anvil and from him she learned to fight.

As for its attributes are those mentioned below:

His thalamus is a pink earthenware tureen with flowers. A dagger. The sword. A wooden anvil. The shield. Two keys (one located in Oshún’s tureen and the other in her tureen). A hand of snails .The mask.A rudder or cogwheel.A book,Two crooked handles.The ear.The breastplate.

Note: All these attributes are copper.

The Elekes of Obba They are made with eight pink beads, one black bead, eight lilac beads, one black bead, eight yellow bead and one black bead.

TO Obba Raw yams are given as an offering.

The animals that are sacrificed for her are the following:

These animals are greased with corojo, husk and grape butter.

Its herbs or ewes are as follows:

The caponero ebony.The plum.The chestnut.The mahogany.The hazelnut of the coast.The caleta grape.The mahogany.

As a powerful element, he has five gold bracelets like Oshun. Her clothes are lilac or pink, and she covers her head with a scarf of the same color.

Obba she doesn’t dance, the dances that are done are to honor her, because she doesn’t come down. In her dance, a person stands in the center of the circle of dancers and covers his face with a mask, at the same time they pretend that they are hitting him with a whip and the choir sings.

How to receive it?

In order to have the possibility of receiving Obba, before the Orishas warriors must have been received and married to have marital stability. In the coronation process, the following Orishas are received:

Necklace

the necklace Obba it is very simple, the most peculiar colors are amber and carmelite. Their numbers are 5 and 8. The yellow and pink basins are used in their necklaces and their variations are as detailed below:

obba tools

all the tools Obba They are made of copper, but on some occasions the anvil of acana (wood) is placed and the pieces can be hung, this is only done when it settles Obba.

His dagger is to kill his animals, since he feeds himself with his knife. He always carries a key, which opens the door for the person so that the money can arrive at his house.

Treaty of Obba Nani

TO Obba She is considered a beautiful woman with a unique candor, she always wears a turban on her head, so they don’t see that one of her ears is missing. Likewise, she always carries a dagger with her.

The Patakíes are the ones who can give answers to the aforementioned, since the stories from the Yoruba religion are the ones that contain the philosophy, the precepts regarding the teaching of civilization that dates from ancient times.

In one of the stories (patakíes) that exists in reference to Obba about the love he had for Shango, is the following:

Shango, the master of thunder and lightning, had three wives, one was Obba his loyal, home-loving wife, the one who did whatever he wanted when he returned from his fights.

The other was Oyá, her partner in combat, and lastly Oshún, who was the one who calmed down her nights.

For his part, Shangó was no longer going to fight, and Oyá, seeing this, felt isolated and could not find a way to get his attention, since he was focused on his wife. Obba.

For this reason, Oyá constantly gave cooking advice to Obbaone day he approached the place where she prepared the “amalá-Ilá” (food prepared with cornmeal, okra and ram), and told Obba: «Shangó has a weak body, that is why he goes out to fight».

Obba He innocently asks Oyá what he could do to help Shango, to which she replies: “Put your ears on him and you will see how he recovers his energy, he will be happy”

She, as a good wife, always did everything possible for her husband to be well, and she trusted what Oyá told her, she immediately grabbed a knife, cut her ear and put it to cook in the amala. Then she put a scarf on her head so they wouldn’t see that she was missing an ear.

When Shango saw her, he asked her why she was covering her head with a cloth and she replied that she was preparing food.

However, Shango asked her to remove her scarf to see her delicate and soft hair with braids, and when she saw that she was missing an ear, her anger was unleashed because she did not want a woman of imperfect beauty by her side.

Shango throwing fire through his eyes, gave him a hug for the last time, and told him that she would be his only wife forever, but that they would no longer be together in intimacy.

Obba listening to Shangó, he could see Oyá’s trap, with despair and a broken heart, crying inconsolably, he went to visit his father Obbatalá.

Obbatalá, afflicted by his daughter’s sorrow and so kind to everyone, granted her what she asked for: “I want to go where no one sees me, have the peace of the non-existent, I want to live with the spirits and the dead, with all those who they cannot harm me, my ilé (house) will be the cemetery».

Then Oshun, knowing about Oyá’s deception, went to see her, to comfort her and as a sign of her sincere affection, she gave her his crown.

Obba she shed so many tears that it caused a flood of such magnitude that lagoons and lakes were formed, for this reason Oshun received those waters as a stream in her river.

These sisters became much closer to each other, so much so that a large whirlpool was created where Obba He went to the land of the spirits and the dead, leaving Oshún entrusted with his responsibilities on the earthly plane.

In the life story of Obbawe find learning about the importance of genuine love, hoarding by nature, the one that gives benefits and offerings, the one that is carried with suffering and tolerance.

Away from Passion-Love, the one that starts from the ego and is fleeting, and that originates from the fidelity of the loved one, it is for this reason that Shangó declares Obba with his one true love for the rest of his days.

Pataki of Obba

A Patakin tells that Obba She was the wife of Shangó (the warrior king), she gave him pleasure by making him eat his favorite dishes.

Hey, her sister envied her for the sacred relationship she had with her love Shango, she became his best friend and helped him cook divine stews for her husband, but one day she lied to him, telling her that Shango liked ears, Obba he cut it and made it into a stew with cornmeal.

When Shango found out, he rejected her full of rage but made it clear that she would always be his wife, the first. Obba Out of pity, he went to his father Obbatalá, and cried so much that he formed lagoons and rivers with his tears.

Baba seeing what happened with Obba allowed her to go live with the dead, where no one would disown her, which is why she wears a mask, does not dance and rarely goes down.

How are your children?

Within the qualities of their children, women are not understood but very brave, with masculine characteristics. They experience suffered love relationships.

They are very jealous, they obtain material successes and the women manage to be important activists, being publicly recognized.

Obba’s mallet

The following will show the deck of Obbawhich is similar to a necklace.

Obba and Shango

Shango wanted a perfect wife, and he found her in the not very beautiful Obbathat although she lacked physical beauty, she was an imposing, peaceful and decent woman.

They got married, and when they started everything was going well between them, however, soon after Shango no longer saw Obba attractive and very bland, although she adored him.

Shango felt bored in the relationship and the distance between them grew, because he was always partying courting other women.

For this reason, Obba she cried in silence and Oshun, the Orisha, lady of money and love, meanwhile waited for the opportunity to get closer to Shango, since what she wanted to have but was little by little cunning so as not to be one more of her women.

During a celebration prepared by Shango, Oshun used her attractiveness and grace (oñi, which means honey) to seduce him, and from that occasion Shango became obsessed with Oshun to the point of always wanting to possess her.

Despite the fact that both gave themselves passionately, Oshun was not completely happy because she knew that he was not going to leave his wife. Obbaapart from the fact that he continued with his crazy life of delight with other women.

Oba Oriate ceremony

To be Obba Eni Ori which means (unique king of sphere heads), a rite must be performed where it originates from the Oddun Irete Kutan, this is guided by 16 Awoses, who give him an Igba along with the power to direct and scrape an eta ( ita).

If a greater symbol comes out to Eyila, it means that he is gifted to him, advising the Iyawo so that when he leaves the throne he goes to the foot of Orunmila.

The norm of the Ocha has as its main characteristic, the number of rites that are carried out in the various consecrations, whose purpose is the need that each individual has about the contest, to organize the areas of their life.

During these rituals, it is mandatory to have the godparents and the santeros and santeras who will work,…