“ᐈ Olokun 【Who is, History, Offerings and MORE】”

Olokun He is an Orisha, father and mother of Yemayá, he is the husband of Elusu, Ikoko, Olosa, Aye Shaluga, Bromu, Brosia and Yembó. He also represents beauty, equality, justice, balance, harmony, ect.

Olokun: Who is he?

He is the saint of the sea that covers the earth, he symbolizes the ocean at its most fearsome moment, he is a hermaphrodite, half human (man) half fish.

He is impulsive, mystical and wrathful, he is able to change shape, and to get scared when he is furious.

He is represented in nature as the interior of the sea, he is the master of its immensity, where no one has ever been. He symbolizes the mysteries of the marine interior, because no individual has ever known what is there, only Olokun and Olofin.

This Orisha is one of the most aggressive divinities that exists and with the most power of the Osha-Ifá religion. He also symbolizes the opulence of the seabed and health.

Some people say that Obatalá tied him up in the depths of the ocean, at the moment he tried to destroy humans through the flood. He is usually shown wearing a mask, the veneration of him is from the city of Lagos, Ile Ifé and Benin.

Its name is originally from Yoruba Olókún which means (Oló: master and Okún: ocean). In the Ocha guidelines this is one of those that should not be missing from the Babalawos and the Olochas. The most important cult of him belongs to the Babalawos who receive him with the nine (9) Olonas and the nine (9) Olosas plus their own Eshu.

The Olosas and the Olonas (daughters of Olokun) are water nymphs, they symbolize lagoons, springs, waterfalls, streams, rivers, wells, marine spaces and even water when it rains.

It does not go directly to the head of the person who is initiating, and the Olochas give it in a ritual that contains ceremonies in the mountains, in the cemetery and in the ocean. It is done with twenty-one (21) counselors and after dancing to the basket.

With Olokun inhabit two (2) spirits called Akaró and Somú Gagá, which symbolize life and death. The two manifest themselves through a doll made of lead, which has an Akaró (snake) in one of its hands and in the other. another hand a mask (Somú Gagá).

This Orisha can be given by Iworos or Babalawos, and the value of the two (2) is totally accepted. Babalawo’s jar is covered with sea shells to symbolize the depth of the ocean.

In iIá the ceremony of Olokun It is done in conjunction with Oduduwa, in its connection and union of the ocean and the earth. In this cult, a bull is sacrificed to this Orisha and a dance is performed with the jars and with the nine (9) masks. This custom has been disappearing in Cuba.

Among the characteristics of Olokun are the following:

Your greeting is: maferefún Olokun!Colors: Black, blue and white.Your number: Seven (7) and its multiples.

Regarding its qualities are the following:

History

The story goes that Oko the Orisha was walking one afternoon along the sea, when he suddenly saw a beautiful young woman, fearing that it was a hallucination, he asked her her name and the name of her father.

He told her his name was Olokun and that she was the daughter of Obatalá, while she remained in the sea.

So the Orisha did not sleep a wink all night thinking about that beautiful lady, as soon as it woke up, he quickly went to ask her to marry her.

Obatalá listened to him very attentively and calmly, and replied: “It is true that my daughter has a very beautiful face, however, she has a fault, I will give it to you so that you can marry her if you promise not to bring that up in her face.”

Oko promised to comply with that, and on the day of the wedding when they arrived at his home, he saw that his wife had a deformed body, but there was no way to turn back.

After a while, Oko continued to sow on his land, while his wife negotiated the harvest. But one day Olokun she returned home without selling the products and her husband, obfuscated and angry, arguing non-stop, forgot his commitment and blamed her for her deformity.

Olokun He went to his house in the ocean, but his anger was of such magnitude that the waters began to flood the earth, the days went by and his wife’s anger continued to grow, the residents could not find where to protect themselves and Oko with great sorrow , went to see Obatalá begging for mercy.

Obatalá sent a few messages to his angry daughter, but the pain of Olokun he was so big that he ignored the obedience he owed to his father.

Baba, seeing that his commands were not taken into account, sent Yemayá Okute to Oggún’s house, to look for the most resistant chain that had ever existed, and having her with him, he entrusted Yemaya Ashabá to tie the chain to his sister in the depth of the ocean.

From that moment on, Olokun It lives tied up at the bottom of the sea, so that the gaze of humans cannot reach it. However, when it remembers the mistreatment it received, its rage is so great that it floods the earth again.

Benefits of receiving it

Olokun It is the basis of Osha and Ifá, and is related to the deepest mysteries of life and death. It provides health, abundance and economic well-being. He is the saint of the bottom of the sea, the opulence of the ocean corresponds to him.

Some say that it is one of the paths that belong to Yemaya, and at times it manifests itself as half fish and half human, however, this version is not proven.

When manifesting, he usually does so with a mask, he is a divinity with great power, and extremely mystical.

He personifies the sea in its most fearsome and alien form, and all the goods of the sea belong to him.

For most she is androgynous, and lives tied up with chains at the bottom of the ocean, and in a cave surrounded by beautiful stones and ivory fences.

His father Obatalá, sent him to chain, when he wanted to kill all humans through the flood. He is commonly symbolized by a mask.

How to ask?

Most of the faithful who are crowned with this Orisha say that this Ebbo or ceremony takes place at the beginning of the year, it is the most suitable.

What is done is something very general that is to feed Olokunand give him vegetables, molasses, fruits, grains and seeds as a gift, after which they must be thrown into the sea.

There is also another work, where the person prays to defeat a situation that is occurring in his workplace, he himself must put a plate on it. Olokun and have a tower made of unsalted rice, four (4) blue flags are placed there, the person proceeds to talk with the Orisha and ask for your support.

You should prepare a kind of grain tamale, steamed wrapped in banana leaves, cook fried green banana ladybirds, offer white chickens and put nine (9) sprigs of parsley, next to a container full of honeydew .

You also have to sacrifice various animals such as: pork, alligator, an old white rooster, duck, guineas and a ram, combine the water from the tureen with honey and at the end take a bath with a gourd.

Another type of work, is the one that requires spiritual reflection, you must dress in white and sit on a mat in front of Olokunlight a white candle, and while the candle burns down, the believer must offer white flowers on the edge of the sea without asking for anything.

It is important that the water that your tureen carries is completely clean, adding the missing amount and having the support of two (2) spirits, who manage to represent life and death.

There is another work that is related to Yemaya, and serves to solve certain difficulties and evolve with the saint, and it is done as follows:

Grab two (2) dried Obi (coconut). Paint one blue and the other fun fun (white). Keep it for seven (7) days rolling on the floor around the house and asking them what you want to solve. After the seven (7) days take them to the sea and leave them there after begging Olokun Ya Yemaya.

Prayer to Olokun

the prayer to Olokun is the next:

I was going Olokun faith mi lo’re I was going Olokun omo re wa se fun oyio.
Olokun nu ni o si o ki e lure ye toray. Bomi taafi. Bemi taafi.
Olokun ni’ka le. Moyugba. Ashe.

I idolize the spirit of the vast sea. I idolize the spirit of the sea, which is beyond all intelligence.

Spirit of the sea, I will idolize you, as long as there is water in the ocean.

Let there be harmony in the sea. Let there be harmony in my being.

To the spirit of the sea, to which the years are not counted, I give my consideration. So be it.

Necklace

This divinity has a very simple necklace, the number of its characteristic mark is nine (9), and the colors that differentiate it are white and blue.

The arrangement of your necklace is as follows: First go the blue beads and then the white ones, and alternate them, in the same way you put crystalline beads with blue in different shades.

the necklace Olokunit can also have navy blue, crystal, crystal green, coral, light blue and red, mother-of-pearl and snails can be placed on it.

One of its characteristic necklaces may be with seven (7) prussian blue (dark blue) beads, plus seven (7) transparent beads that symbolize water, one yellow and one red, and the total series has must be multiples of three (3).

Yemaya Olokun

Some Yoruba, have judged the Afro-American customs of having merged the rite of Olokun and Yemayá as one, citing that Olokun inhabits the bottom of the sea and Yemayá on the surface of the ocean.

Mr. Wande Abímbola lies in his book Ifá Will Mend Our Broken World, since he says the following:

“Throughout the diaspora many elements have united with Yemoja, the Orisha Olokun from time to time it serves as Yemaya.

There are people who say (she is the top of the sea and Olokun is the lower part), Yemoja being the river in Nigeria the river is Oggún, with its fresh water. Its waters do not come naturally to the sea, but to the Lagos lagoon.

It can be seen that Mr. Abimbola implies that the cult of Yemaya is the same in all parts of Nigeria, and in this way he makes reference to the fact that it is standard throughout that country.

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