ᐈ Orishaoko 【Who is, Deck, Prayer, Treaty and MORE】

From the Saki territory, west of Oyó, Nigeria; Orishaoko He is one of the male deities of the Yoruba religion, an older Orisha who represents the land and agricultural work.

If you want to know everything about OrishaokoI invite you to read the following article.

Orishaoko: Who is it?

He is a diligent worker who is in charge of tillage and plowing, protector of crops and land, equally protecting those who work on them.

Saint who augurs prosperity and stability, symbolizes nature, strength, perseverance, resistance and agriculture.

It is considered a fair judge in arguments and altercations, especially the arguments that happen between women.

The stories say that because he is so pure, his testicles hang down to the ground.

Family

Orishaoko He is the son of Obbatala and Yembó, and was the husband of Olokun (Orisha of the ocean), an androgynous deity.

Separating from her by telling her great secret, the one who says she was a hermaphrodite, making Olokun hide in the sea, and, although they separated because of this, they always live together (the land and the sea).

The religious tell the story that Orishaoko He had a relationship with Yemaya, who undertook the task of seducing him only to take the secret of the yam and hand it over to his son Shangó.

It also represents fertility, which is why women come to him for help.

Bees are an essential part of this deity, they are considered her messengers on earth, they are a symbol of wisdom, organization and hard work, they were taking care of and providing great lands to Orishaoko.

The bees represent the character of the children of Orishaokobeing these people responsible, hardworking, with a clear mind, very patient and calm.

TO Orishaoko he is compared to a Catholic saint, to San Isidro Labrador.

In the times when people from West Africa came with slaves to Cuba; little by little they realized that they were going to lose their roots, so they decided to reconcile their saints with the saints of Catholicism.

This is called Syncretism. His day is celebrated on May 15.

There is a trilogy of deities made up of Oke (Orisha of the hill, of the mountains and of the heights or elevations of the earth), Oggué (Orisha of horned animals and herds) and Orishaokothe first two responsible for the rains, the harvests and the internal fire that gives birth to the earth and the animals.

It has two characteristics, during the day it symbolizes a pure, correct and perfect man, and at night, it personifies death by disguising itself as Ikú and receiving the corpses that Yewá delivers to it and those that Oyá sends through Babalú Ayé.

It is said that it lives on roofs and roofs, for this reason one of its symbols is a painted tile. Orishaoko speaks through Yemayá, both are known by the name of Ocanini, which refers to the same heart, which is why one cannot live without the other.

Mallet

The deck or maso (several people also call it Ilde) is a bracelet that is made with beads from their respective Orisha, in this case for Orishaoko It is made in pink or lilac and light blue or pale turquoise.

These bracelets are used as protection from the Orishas and also to differentiate your guardian angel. This is placed in the left hand.

Orishako and Korikoto

Korikoto, we should not confuse him with the Orisha of the same name of Arará origin. This represents an old Orisha who has no representation in Catholicism, he is the companion of Orishaoko since it is the very disguise of death, that is, it is the very Orishaoko and is related to Iku, symbolized by eight snails of various colors.

I pray to Orishaoko

Lucumi:

Orishaoko afefé iku ofe eye uwe okorín ki chiche fun

owuro kutukutu cuelú na nile nibo gbogbo na wa,

Orishaoko alabobo ilé nitosi fu agbara nitosi rigba si gbogbo

awa bawo choncho nitosi chi remu unye, fumi aleye Baba Orishaoko oduce.

Spanish:

Saint of the field and of the earth, wind of the dead wants to bathe in blood, man who works early in the morning with the earth, where all the children have to go to sleep for a lifetime, saint of the field and of the earth, protector of the earth to give him strength and so that he receives all of us as we walk to open his mouth and eat him, give me salvation, holy father of the field and of the earth, thank you.

Treaty

Although it is called in the Yoruba religion Orishaokoit is also known by different names, among them we have: Kulua, Korikoto, Poolo, Aina and Kusia.

We can find that Kusia was a corrupt and cruel King who got sick with leprosy, took refuge in the forest and was cured thanks to Ozain, after that he became a farmer and did not want to be King.

Tools

Necklace

The necklaces or Elekes identify and indicate the evolution of Santeria practitioners, and to Orishaoko They are made of white beads, these may have a small red line, due to the lack of this type of bead, they are also made in pink or lilac and 7 pale turquoise or light blue, incorporating 7 consecutive beads of each color.

Like all the Elekes of the other Orishas, ​​they can be decorated with corals.

Osun of Orishaoko

Osun is an older orisha, represents life itself and acts as a messenger of Obatalá and Olofi (represents the supreme God Olodumare). He is one of the first Orishas, ​​in other words he is a father to other Orishas.

Orula is the one who has the ability to guess things and Orishaoko he relies on it to gain the powers of divination. He watches over the head of the believers in this religion.

The Warriors (Elegguá, Oggún and Ochosi) must not be missing, they surrender to receive Osun.

How to attend to it?

If you are interested in knowing the way in which it is attended, you should not forget that Orishaoko It is the one who represents the field, the land and the crops, it is the one we see when there is a peasant sowing and harvesting, it is the energy of nature, it is the excrement of the animals that fertilizes the earth and the plants.

Primarily you should know that Orishaoko He lives outside the house (in the garden) unlike other Orishas.

It is cared for by making offerings through a variety of fruits and foods that the land itself gives us, you can also offer foods such as dried meats, as well as yams, beans, custard apple, sweet potato, honey, among others, it is immolated (ritual sacrifice of an animal victim to obtain its blood) with goats, pigeons and roosters.

Likewise, religious herbs called Ewe are placed in the offering, such as the vine, partridge vine, guarana vine, milk vine, red vine and peony; the bibijagua is also placed on it.

Receive Orishaoko

Before receiving Orishaoko several previous ceremonies are performed. In the ceremony where this saint is received, it can be done directly and the Babalawos.

What complicates this ceremony is the scarcity of them and of those who know it.

A ceremony is carried out in an open place in which the earth must first be fed. After this, the godfather will go in search of the NATO of Orishaokothen the nato will be washed with the herbs of this deity.

For the ceremony, the offerings must be prepared, which make up a variety of grains, fruits, animals, vegetables and Ewe.

The place where the ceremony will take place must be an open place, in which a joro joro (hole in the ground) of the appropriate size is opened so that everything that is going to be offered enters it.

Then the Moyugbas (greetings) are performed, especially to Orishaoko and Oroina (entrails of the earth).

After this, the person who is going to receive the Orishaokowhich is cleaned with the animals, then the sacrifice of the animals is carried out, in some houses they bury them, in others they throw them to the roof, to continue and the person is cleaned with the grains.

When doing this, the person presiding over the ceremony proceeds to ask if Obi is satisfied with everything offered, and then proceeds to cover the jorojoro.

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