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No. 1: Mami Wata (Owu Mmiri in Igbo), water serpent, female cult figure, beauty figure.

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Shango is of interest to me.
His influence is very strong in Jamaica though many Jamaicans don't necessarily call him "shango" except for the country folks who were able to obtain their strong african heritage.

Rastas call him "Jah".
When you hear them say "fire bun!" "LAVA!" or "LIGHTENING!" they are making reference to him burning out evil doers with lightening and using nature.

as far as Egypt of course Horus is fascinating to me. In fact I am thinking of getting the eye of horus tattooed on me.

anyway,

[size=18pt]Anubis/Anapa[/size] aka the "Guardian of the Scales" is probably one of my favorites.

He's mysterious and pretty much the "staple image" (if that makes sense) of Ancient Egypt. He has become the face of ancient Egyptian society and beliefs.

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Osun
His cult originated in Ijesa (Yorubaland). Òrìsá of beauty sweet waters, waterfalls, lakes, Orisa of love, the gold, the copper ... Applies pregnancy ... excellent cook and lover.
Yeye o, Iyá Oloódé!

Obatala, Oshun, Oya, Yemenja, and olokun...

My fav has always been Shango and Obatala. Shango for justice and Obatala for purity.

Sango - GOD OF THUNDER!



Amadioha

KingMichael777:

Very interesting Kails!

I am to thinking about getting an eye of Horus tattoo. I do not know why people think the eye is evil?

I didn't know Jah was Shango...

Lol ppl think its evil because they dont understand or know about his power and significance. His eye actually represents wisdom and power.

But yeah jamaicans come from all over africa and we mixed everything together to form our culture. Oshun, and a few other yoruba dieties are celebrated in jamaica but shango (or chango) is most obvious we just call him "Jah" which i think is a sierra leone tribal name for God (not sure tho).

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Lol ppl think its evil because they dont understand or know about his power and significance. His eye actually represents wisdom and power.

But yeah jamaicans come from all over africa and we mixed everything together to form our culture. Oshun, and a few other yoruba dieties are celebrated in jamaica but shango (or chango) is most obvious we just call him "Jah" which i think is a sierra leone tribal name for God (not sure tho).

I thought Jah was God almighty as opposed to a lesser deity? Apparently, the word Jah is from Hebrew though. Rastasfari is more like a Christian sect than an African descended school to put it simply.

KingMichael777:

To be truthfully, my knowledge of African Gods is limited. I know a lot about Haitian Gods, even though I am not Haitian. But I want to learn more about African Orisha gods.

But this Orisha God named Obatala interest me a lot.

Then you'd have to focus on Yoruba religion for better clarity since Orisha is only Yoruba.

ezeagu:

I thought Jah was God almighty as opposed to a lesser deity?

The qualities of "Jah" are strikingly similar to Shango and his "wrath".
Jah = God yes, but when punishing he is basically uses nature (lightening and thunder) to punish people.

Its just like Santeria. African deities and Christianity were mixed together to create our "new religion". Even Hinduism and Islam played huge roles in the formation of our beliefs but its just that our system is highly Afro. centric.

It's kind of hard for me to explain lol.

@ King, I will have to do more research. I just know of Shango and Oshun being the most celebrated (if you will) in Jamaica.

Okay, I get what you mean.

king you know of any NON-YORUBA African dieties?

The thing with Igbo deities is that they go by different names depending on what part of Igboland you are in and this can be confusing to some.

Here are a just a few:

Female yam deity (Ifejioku, Ivejioku)
Market/business deity (Inyamahia, Inyamavia)
Supreme deity (Chukwu, Obasi, Eke, Olisabuluwa, Osolobue, Osonobue)
Thunder deity (Kamalu, Amadioha, Amadiora)
Ability deity (Ikenga)

odumchi: The thing with Igbo deities is that they go by different names depending on what part of Igboland you are in and this can be confusing to some.

Here are a just a few:

Female yam deity (Ifejioku, Ivejioku)
Market/business deity (Inyamahia, Inyamavia)
Supreme deity (Chukwu, Obasi, Eke, Olisabuluwa, Osolobue, Osonobue)
Thunder deity (Kamalu, Amadioha, Amadiora)
Ability deity (Ikenga)

thanks bro!!

i will definitely do more research on them.


KOT:
I think it's very fascinating how just about every ancient society has/had at least one god/deity of Thunder, Beauty and Wisdom.

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Anansi means spider in Twi I think. They took that word to Jamaica and it entered patois.

No. 2: Ikenga, deitiy of progress the right-hand cult.

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Pictured in female form.

My favorite... [In no particular order] Ekwesu (called upon in times of war), Amadiohna (called upon for retributive justice), and Ala (highly venerated; sustainer of life, fertility and judge of persons; Ala punishes).

My favorite: Goddess of "Cut your bullshoit" (Ileke-IdI)

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Ileke-IdI:
My favorite: Goddess of "Cut your bullshoit" (Ileke-IdI)

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lmao!! u no well!

ChinenyeN: My favorite... [In no particular order] Ekwesu (called upon in times of war), Amadiohna (called upon for retributive justice), and Ala (highly venerated; sustainer of life, fertility and judge of persons; Ala punishes).

Which did you ancestors churu aja?

Hey, my love?

ezeagu: Which did you ancestors churu aja?

Ala and Ekwesu.

Ileke-IdI:
My favorite: Goddess of "Cut your bullshoit" (Ileke-IdI)

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ileke!