#Ogoun

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Mistress of Waters: Oshun

Throughout history, water has been used as a symbol of wisdom, power, grace, music, and sensitivity.

Across many ancient civilizations, love was placed under the domain of a particular deity, usually, but not in all cases, a goddess.

In the Classical world, for instance, there were Venus and Aphrodite, love goddesses of the Roman and Greek pantheons, respectively.

In West Africa, the Yoruba people believe in a love goddess named Oshun.

They inhabit the southwestern part of modern-day Nigeria and the southern part of Benin.

Although #Oshun is regarded principally as a goddess of love, there are other aspects to this Orisha.

Oshun is the goddess of love, sensuality, and water and the protective deity of the river Oshun. She is also associated with fertility, lushness, greenness, and life.

Alongside this river is a sacred grove, probably the last in Yoruba Culture, dedicated to Oshun.

When she came down to earth, she wore a gold dress and jewelry. This is why her worshippers also wear gold and yellow attires to honor her.

According to the tales, the gods came down, they completely disregarded Oshun while they engaged in creating the earth.

She returned to the heavens, where she spent time admiring herself in the mirror. Oshun often carries a mirror so that she can admire her beauty.

In the absence of Oshun, the other gods faced difficulties. They could not populate and revive the earth.

They went back to heaven to apologize and beg her. When she came back to the earth, she revived it with water.

Although Oshun governs love and sweet waters, she is also a benevolent deity.

She is said to be the protector of the poor and the mother of all orphans. It is Oshun who fulfills their needs in this life.

Oshun is commonly shown as a beautiful, charming, sensual, and coquettish young woman.

During the slave trade, Oshun was brought to the Americas and adopted into the pantheons, branching out of the traditional African belief system.

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MONUMENT FOR A PIG - Monument a´un cochon

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Orisha - World History Encyclopedia

Author’s Note: This post has a very brief mention of sexual assault. If you aren’t in the head space for that right now, please feel free to check out our other posts. https://www.worldhistory.org/Orisha/

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The weekend is almost here! What geeky things are you all doing? Sound off in the comments below! While you wait for the weekday to end and the weekend to begin, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web. Kotaku – This Is What It Looks Like When A Massive Video Game Publisher Messes Up – With an impact in comics as well. Book Riot – Why Comic Books are Like Soap Operas; Or, How I…

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1996- 97 ogoun ! n°5

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Hector Hyppolite (Haitian, Saint-Marc 1894–1948 Port-au-Prince) Ogou Feray, also known as Ogoun Ferraille, ca. 1945

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled, 1981

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316: Toto Bissainthe // Chante Haïti

Chante Haïti Toto Bissainthe 1977, Arion

“These songs are mostly slave songs taken from the Vodou cult. They speak of the quotidian, of the suffering of exile, and the desire of Africa, not as a geographical place but as a mythical land of freedom. They express their resistance and their refusal: resistance to the colonizer, refusal of his politics, of his religion, of his culture, of his language.”

So begins Toto Bissainthe’s statement on the rear of Chante Haïti, her 1977 collaboration with a small combo of Antillean folk and French jazz musicians: vocalists Marie-Claude Benoît and Mariann Mathéus; percussionists Akonio Dolo and Mino Cinélu (Miles Davis, Weather Report, Gong); Patrice Cinélu on acoustic guitar; and Beb Guérin on the double bass. The songs indeed fuse the Vodou ritual of her native Haiti with the European avant garde sounds of her adopted milieu of Paris, where she had moved to pursue acting and found herself a de facto exile due to the political situation back home. Bissainthe had become a prominent figure in the French theatre, performing in new plays by Beckett and Genet and co-founding Les Griots, France’s first Black theatre company; by the late ‘70s, she was an acclaimed recording artist to boot. Her accomplishments made her a prominent figure in the Haitian diaspora and her activist streak is apparent throughout Chante Haïti, explicitly linking the grief and yearning for liberation in these traditional ceremonials with the country’s contemporary struggles.

Like many songs on the album, the Creole words of opener “Soley danmbalab” mourn the people's estrangement from Mother Africa, a crossing which can neither be reversed or repeated. It begins like a field recording, Bissainthe’s soulful, Miriam Makeba-esque voice set to a chorus of rattles and bells and gurgling masculine whispers. As the song develops, her melody wends like a stream through the dense jungle of percussion, dissonant bass, and counterpoint chanting. Eventually, Mino Cinélu’s arrangement becomes more free, the male chorus imploring the Oungan (a male Vodou priest) to intercede with the creator on the people’s behalf as the tune breaks down into an increasingly abstract bass and drum interplay, while the three female singers exchange birdlike vocal improvisations.

“Ibo Ogoun (Variations)” is even wilder, evoking a trance ritual, the spirits speaking in many tongues through the celebrants as they seek to summon Ogun, God of Iron and War, to lead the battle of liberation. One of the male percussionists times his tanbou beat so that it hits just as he sings certain notes, creating the illusion that he voice has suddenly lurched down an octave for a moment, almost like a DJ freaking a vocal sample. Bissainthe, Mathéus, and Benoît match the intense drumming with some crazy syncopations, sometimes talking, sometimes hissing and whispering, sometimes wailing and ululating.

Most of the album takes on a more meditative tact, anchored by Guérin’s plangent double bass. On the smoky “Papadanbalab,” an entreaty to the serpent creator Damballa to bear witness to the penury of his people, Bissainthe sways over a slinky jazz bass line, Patrice Cinélu adding mellow acoustic fusion licks. The song seems like a brief stopover in a Parisian club. But even the less overtly intense tracks pack plenty of musical interest. “Lamize pa dous” has this hypnotic rhythm that sounds exactly like a micro house beat—in fact, the first thing it made me think of was Ricardo Villalobos’ Alcachofa, or Animal Collective at their campfire ravingest. The song is about the moment of surrender to death, the winnowing of time represented by water encroaching on all sides, the realization too late that “we spend our lives trying to fill the sea with stones.”

Listening to a record like this, especially in light of Bissainthe’s note on the back excoriating the colonialist ethnographer who reduces Haitian folklore to “excitement and violence,” requires at least a smidgen of awareness from the white listener that Chante Haïti is not intended for them. The traditions it engages with are of deep spiritual significance to many Haitians, both in the ‘70s and today. But for those inside and outside the culture who are willing to approach it with respect, Chante Haïti is a fascinating fusion of Antillean and European musics, and a peek into a profound and secret history.

316/365

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Ogou Or Ogun. Spirits Of Iron In African Diaspora.

This is Papa Ogou one of many in the Ogou nation.

Ogou is a Nago spirit from the Nago Nation these spirits came to Haiti from Africa. they are strong spirits and used with the Asson or Tcha Tcha (rattle) there personality falls between Rada and Petro.

Now some might think, " Isn’t there a spirit like this in Lukumi ? ” Yes. There is, He is Ogun an Orisha. One of few Orishas who made it outside of Africa and who has some similarities with Ogou: In Haitian Vodou and Santeria and so on. They both are associated with iron and metal. Ogun is more of a blacksmith, whereas Ogou is more of a soldier.

When you hold a knife, railroad spike, sword or horseshoe in your hand and you're holding Ogun or Ogou. Ogun is also the patron of anyone who works with metal.

This spirit is great even if your practicing hoodoo because he can protect you help you even help increase your energy in your workings.

There are also many Ogous in Haiti, like Ogou Kriminel, Ogou La Flambeau, Ogou Feray, Ogou Badagris, Ogou Shango, to name a few. He is also associated with a particular region of Nigeria, and is often depicted as an older soldier there names in Cuban Santeria (La Regla Lucumi) he is known as Ogun, or Oggun; In Brazilian Candomble.

The name Ogou is not a name like in Africa but is actually a title used to describe warriors and they also carry a machete, but some favor a sword. There colors are red and blue, but some Ogous take additional colors like green or khaki. Remember: if you can’t afford anything other color to wear, you can always use a (white scarf to salute any spirit.)

Ogoun Ferraille, aka Papa Ogou Feray in New Orleans, this warrior lwa is the primary figure of Saint James the Greater—the saint himself riding into battle on a white horse. He is also represented by the Archangel St. Michael, and Saints Andrew, Martin Caballero, some use Saint Peter and John the Baptist any many others depending on which African diasporic religion you want to practice.

He is the chief of all the warrior paths of Ogun durning the Haitian revolution which gave the colors to the Haitian flag.

Orisha Ogun

INVOKED:

Ogun or Ogou is invoked to heal diseases affecting blood, including AIDS, leukemia, and sickle-cell anemia. He is invoked for safety and success before surgery. He also heals infertility and erectile dysfunction. Request his protection from crime and criminals. He also help finds employment for devotees.

Ogou is usually syncretized to Saint James the Greater but may also be associated with Michael Archangel and Saints Andrew, any many others depending on which African diasporic religion you want to practice.

He is a works tirelessly at the forge, in the bedroom, and on behalf of his devotees. He never rests.

He will use his machete to cut away all evil and sweep your enemies away. But he is also a tender and loving Papa. I’ve will cry when his children are in pain. Ogou also loves the ladies and he is one of the most commonly married lwa.

ATTRIBUTES: A machete, a three-legged iron cauldron, traditionally wrapped in chains and filled with iron implements, including tools, spikes, nails, and knives👇

SPIRIT COLOURS: Red, black, sometimes green, sometimes red and white (the colors of heated iron), or blue and red (the colors of the Haitian flag) or Green and black for Ogun. But can always wear white if you don't have the other colors.

OFFERINGS: Red candles, cigars, rum, whisky, aguardiente, or other alcoholic beverage— incense, metal, chains, metal tools, railroad spikes. He likes red beans and rice, and typically likes Florida water as a cologne.

Fill a cauldron with found pieces of metal, like rails or railroad spike (not plastic).

He will often blow cigar smoke on people to give them blessings.

So whichever one you're drawn to like Haitian or African spirits, there's no spirit better to have for protecting than Ogun. Except, St. Michael or God of course 😃

Everyone needs a warrior. Ogun is his name among the Yoruba people. Among the Fon he is called Gu. In Cuban Santeria (La Regla Lucumi) he is known as Ogun, or Oggun; In Brazilian Candomble , Ogum; in Haiti’s Vodou and New Orleans Voodoo Papa Ogou, or simply Ogou.

Feast Day: He is syncretized with St. Peter whose feast day is June 29, St. James whose feast is July 25th, and St. Michael whose feast is Sept. 29th.

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Ogou, ogoun (Nago)

In Haitian vodou— Ogou is the Loa who presides over fire, smithery, politics, and wars. He is sometimes seen riding a white horse, his machete or rhum never too far away from him.

He is viewed as the ultimate fighter, the faithful warrior that will defend you through the end.

According to legends, during the Haitian Revolution, most of the enslaved people were mounted by the mighty spirit of Ogou, including Jean Jacques Dessalines, Haiti's father of Independence.

The white horse has been an essential symbol in mythology and religion for centuries.

It symbolizes purity, heroism, enlightenment, and triumph of good over evil and serves as a holy animal.

The white horse is generally considered the purest animal and the only one worthy of carrying a hero into battle.

Seeing a white horse in your dreams signifies that your greater purpose and potential are out there!

Horses are soft, gentle creatures. Combine this with the pure white color, and we can see how it gets the symbol of innocence.

Seeing a white horse in your dreams can also signify that you’re on the right path toward enlightenment.

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Comics Read Day: 06/11/2023

Is'Nana: The Were-Spider - Drums of Ogoun

Jem and the Misfits #3

Killrazor #1

The Amazing Spider-Man #361

Total Comics Read: 584

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Prime Number Day: 17 [7 of 72]

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Premieres

The Adventures of the American Rabbit (Film; 1986)

The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, by Henry Miller (Essays; 1945)

Billions (TV Series; 2016)

Canoes Who? Or Look Before You Leak (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 16; 1960)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl (Novel; U.S. 1964)

The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekov (Play; 1904)

The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier (Novel; 1974)

The Clan of the Cave Bear (Film; 1986)

A Coney Island of the Mind, by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Poems; 1958)

Court and Spark, by Joni Mitchell (Album; 1974)

Drum Boogie, recorded by Gene Krupa (Song; 1941)

Dumb Like a Fox (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1964)

Everyone Says I Love You (Film; 1997)

Fraidy Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1942)

Freejack (Film; 1992)

Gone with the Wind (Film; 1939)

A Guy Thing (Film; 2003)

Heathcliffe: The Movie (Film; 1986)

Helter Shelter (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1955)

Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear (Animated Film; 1986)

The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Novel; 1868)

In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote (True Crime Novel; 1966)

The Inspector-Detector or A Kick in the Plants (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 15; 1960)

Iron Eagle (Film; 1986)

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Film; 2014)

Kickin’ the Conga ‘Round (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1942)

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Animated TV Series; 1988)

The Nut Job (Film; 2014)

Ride Along (Film; 2014)

Seven Types of Ambiguity, by William Empson (Literary Criticism; 1930)

Snow Business (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

Sounds of Silence, by Simon & Garfunkel (Album; 1966)

South of No North, by Charles Bukowski (Poetry; 1973)

Toonerville Trolley (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1936)

A Town Like Alice, by Nevil Shute (Novel; 1950)

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Antonio (Spain)

Anton, Tony (Sweden)

Anthony, Antoine, Antoinette, Anton, Antonia, Antonio, Antony, Antwan, Ben, Benita, Benito, Benjamin, Bennie, Benny, Toni, Tony (USA)

Today is Also…

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J Cal: 17 White; Threesday [17 of 30]

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Moon: 45%: 1st Quarter

Positivist: 17 Moses (1st Month) [Meng-Tseu]

Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 8 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 28 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 27 of 31)

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Ditch Your New Year's Resolutions Day

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Eartha Kitt Day (South Carolina)

Fire From the Sky

Hardware Freedom Day

International Mentoring Day

International We Are Not Broken Day

James Leonard Tagle Gordon Day (Philippines)

J.C. Penney Day

Judgment Day

Kid Inventors' Day

Lamb Chop Day

Make Your All-Time Top Ten TV Characters List

Martyrdom of Hazrat Fatemeh (Iran)

Menorca Day (Spain)

Military Industrial Complex Day

National Boxer Day

National Carolina Day

National Charlotte Day

National Classy Day

National Dairy Day (Thailand)

National Day of Racial Healing

National Feedback Day

National Lose the Jet Lag Day

National Public Employees Appreciation Day

National Puggle Day

National Ta Day

National We Are Not Broken Day

Old Twelfth Night (UK)

Operation Desert Storm Day

Patrice Lumumba (Heroes’ Day; Congo)

Photo Developing Day

Pig Day

Popeye Day

Professional Boxer's Day

Straying Toward the Path Day

World Lichen Sclerosus Awareness Day

Zinc Day (French Republic)

Zirgu Diena (Day of the Horses; Latvia)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Hot Buttered Rum Day

Hot Heads Chili Day

National Bootlegger’s Day

National Rye Whiskey Day

World Pizza Day

World Scotch Pie Day

3rd Wednesday in January

Museum Selfie Day [3rd Wednesday]

Weedless Wednesday [3rd Wednesday]

Independence & Related Days

Liberation Day (Poland)

Menorca National Day (Menorca, Spain; 1287)

Possession Day (South Georgia; South Sandwich Islands)

Festivals Beginning January 17, 2024

Feat Camp, featuring Little Feat (Cancun, Mexico) [thru 1.20]

Festival Télérama (Paris, France) [thru 1.20]

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival (Singapore) [thru 1.28]

Idaho Potato Conference (Pocatello, Idaho) [thru 1.18]

London Art Fair (London, UK) [thru 1.21]

Madfredonia Carnival (Madfredonia, Italy) [thru 2.18]

Massafra Carnival (Massafra, Italy) [thru 2.18]

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival (Singapore) [thru 1.28]

Montana Agricultural & Industrial Expo (Great Falls, Montana) [thru 1.19]

Northwest Agricultural Show (Salem, Oregon) [thru 1.19]

Northwest Hay Expo (Kennewick, Washington) [thru 1.18]

Patras Carnival (Patras, Greece) [thru 3.18]

Rijeka Carnival (Rijeka, Croatia) [thru 2.14]

Feast Days

A. B. Frost (Artology)

Amelbert (Christian; Blessed)

Anthony the Great (Christian; Saint)

Angelo Paoli, Blessed (Christian; Saint)

Black Bart (Muppetism)

Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Day (Hispanic Catholic Church; Mexico)

Benjamin Franklin (Humanism)

Charles Gore (Church of England)

Eugène Carrière (Artology)

Feast of Wagy (Ancient Egyptian Day of the Dead)

Felicitas (Old Roman Goddess of Good Luck)

Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch, Blessed (Christian; Saint)

International No Farting Day (Pastafarian)

Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo (one of Saints of the Cristero War)

Meng-Tseu (Positivist; Saint)

Mildgytha (Christian; Saint)

Nennins (Christian; Saint)

Ogoun’s Day (Pagan)

Old Twelfth Night (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Our Lady of Pontmain (Christian; Saint)

Patras Carnival begins (until Clean Monday; Greece)

Pieter Van Bloemen (Artology)

Shakambharii Jayanti (a.k.a. Cher-Chhera Punni; Chhattisgarh, India)

Speusippus, Elcusippns, Meleusippns (Christian; Martyrs)

Sulpitius the Pious (Christian; Saint)

Sulpicins the Second (Christian; Saint)

Thaipusam (Tamil Nadu, India)

Thingfish Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Uzhavar Thirunal (Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, India)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Good Luck Day (Festival of Felicitas)

Prime Number Day: 17 [7 of 72]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [7 of 60]

Premieres

The Adventures of the American Rabbit (Film; 1986)

The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, by Henry Miller (Essays; 1945)

Billions (TV Series; 2016)

Canoes Who? Or Look Before You Leak (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 16; 1960)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl (Novel; U.S. 1964)

The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekov (Play; 1904)

The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier (Novel; 1974)

The Clan of the Cave Bear (Film; 1986)

A Coney Island of the Mind, by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Poems; 1958)

Court and Spark, by Joni Mitchell (Album; 1974)

Drum Boogie, recorded by Gene Krupa (Song; 1941)

Dumb Like a Fox (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1964)

Everyone Says I Love You (Film; 1997)

Fraidy Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1942)

Freejack (Film; 1992)

Gone with the Wind (Film; 1939)

A Guy Thing (Film; 2003)

Heathcliffe: The Movie (Film; 1986)

Helter Shelter (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1955)

Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear (Animated Film; 1986)

The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Novel; 1868)

In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote (True Crime Novel; 1966)

The Inspector-Detector or A Kick in the Plants (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 15; 1960)

Iron Eagle (Film; 1986)

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Film; 2014)

Kickin’ the Conga ‘Round (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1942)

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Animated TV Series; 1988)

The Nut Job (Film; 2014)

Ride Along (Film; 2014)

Seven Types of Ambiguity, by William Empson (Literary Criticism; 1930)

Snow Business (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

Sounds of Silence, by Simon & Garfunkel (Album; 1966)

South of No North, by Charles Bukowski (Poetry; 1973)

Toonerville Trolley (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1936)

A Town Like Alice, by Nevil Shute (Novel; 1950)

Today’s Name Days

Antonius, Beatrix (Austria)

Andon, Anton, Antonia, Dona, Doncho, Donka (Bulgaria)

Antun, Lavoslav, Marijan, Vojmil (Croatia)

Drahoslav (Czech Republic)

Antonius (Denmark)

Anto, Anton, Antu, Hando, Tõnis, Tõnn, Tõnno, Tõnu (Estonia)

Anton, Antto, Anttoni, Toni (Finland)

Roseline (France)

Anton, Rosalind (Germany)

Antonia, Antonios, Antonis (Greece)

Antal, Antónia (Hungary)

Alba, Antonio, Iole (Italy)

Tenis, Timotejs (Latvia)

Beatričė, Dovainis, Leonilė, Vilda (Lithuania)

Anton, Tønnes, Tony (Norway)

Antoni, Jan, Rościsław (Poland)

Antonie (Romania)

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[thehaitianartlover]

Andre Pierre, the late Haitian master, signed this 20"x24" original painting titled "St Jacque Ogoun Achadé", the spirit of power, protection and the military in red and blue with a sword and signed it in the lower right corner. The painting is in good condition and belongs to a private collector in Caracas Venezuela,