Oshunmare

Oshunmare (known as Ochumaré or Oxumaré in Latin America) is an Orisha. Oshunmare is a divine serpent which is believed to create the rainbow,^[1] both male and female, and is a symbol of creation, human procreation, and the link between the world of the mundane and that of the ancestors.^[1]^[2]

References

Our mothers, our powers, our texts: manifestations of Àjé in Africana literature by Teresa N. Washington
Nickels in the Nation Sack: Continuity in Africana Spiritual Technologies by Teresa N. Washington

^ ^a ^b Allen F. Roberts (April 1992). "Chance Encounters, Ironic Collage". African Arts. 25 (2): 54–63, 97–98. doi:10.2307/3337060. JSTOR 3337060.
^ Black theatre: ritual performance in the African diaspora. Temple University Press. 2002. p. 418. ISBN 978-1566399449. Retrieved 2010-04-27. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[jstor-1] Allen F. Roberts (April 1992). "Chance Encounters, Ironic Collage". African Arts. 25 (2): 54–63, 97–98. doi:10.2307/3337060. JSTOR 3337060.

[2] Black theatre: ritual performance in the African diaspora. Temple University Press. 2002. p. 418. ISBN 978-1566399449. Retrieved 2010-04-27. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

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