{"id":6847,"date":"2020-10-22T10:21:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T08:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ileawo.com\/orisa-yoruba\/ogun-orisha-guerra\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T18:02:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T16:02:05","slug":"ogun-orisa-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ileawo.com\/en\/orisa-yoruba\/ogun-orisa-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogun, the orisa of war"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ogun is one of the most important Irunmole in Yoruba culture. It represents everything related to war, iron, artists or designers, drivers or carriers.<\/p>\n

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Who is Ogun?<\/h2>\n

He was the Orisha in charge of the design of the skeleton of the man and the woman. For the man I use nine rods of rustless iron (ako irin) and for the woman I use seven rods of rustless iron (abo irin) for the molding. Hence the name of him Ok\u00f9nrin and Ob\u00ecnrin, respectively.<\/p>\n

He is represented with different iron ornaments and his clothing is the Mariwo. He is the Orisha who was always victorious in a war and therefore he is essential for defeating enemies and helping us overcome any obstacle. In the applications Oju Od\u00f9<\/a>, Apola Ogbe<\/a>, Apola Oyeku<\/a>, Apola Iwori<\/a>, among others, you can find numerous verses about this Orisha.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-6″][vc_single_image image=”5602″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1603052811985{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_col-md-2 vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-8″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

How to get initiated in Ogun<\/h2>\n

For this Orisha there is the initiation of the icon called Ogun gbigba and, later, you can continue with the complete initiation called Idosu Ogun.<\/p>\n

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How to feed Ogun<\/span><\/h2>\n

The important thing in the propitiation of this Orisha is never to seek to anger him because, otherwise, we will regret it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Propitiation<\/h3>\n

It can be propitiated with various types of materials widely used in traditional practice such as obi, orogbo, yams. His favorite drink is palm wine.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=”bottom-to-top” offset=”vc_col-md-6″ css=”.vc_custom_1572276081562{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;background-color: #fcfcfc !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1654289424962{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #fcfcfc !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Some taboo<\/h3>\n

It is important that in the sacrifice made to this Orisha there is no suffering. Also, Adin (corn oil) cannot be used for propitiation.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1572650477243{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-4″ css=”.vc_custom_1577580268909{padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”5605″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1603053444835{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-8″ css=”.vc_custom_1577580262564{padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Types of Ogun in traditional practice<\/h2>\n

This Orisha is unique, there is no other type of representation of it in traditional practice. However, as in many cases, \u00d2g\u00fan has different nicknames, such as \u00d2g\u00fan Lakaje, \u00d2g\u00fan Alara, \u00d2g\u00fan Gbenagbena, \u00d2g\u00fan Wadowado, among others.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” content_placement=”middle” bg_type=”bg_color” bg_override=”ex-full” bg_color_value=”#4e89d5″ el_class=”banner” css=”.vc_custom_1589980901179{background-color: #4e89d5 !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text el_class=”banner-text”]Learn more about the initiation and propitiation of this Orisha Yoruba[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css_animation=”bounceIn”]<\/p>\n

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