Oshunmare
Appearance
Oshunmare | |
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Rainbow, Serpent, Regeneration, Rebirth | |
Member of Orisha | |
Other names | Osumare or Oshunmare; Ochumaré Oxumaré |
Venerated in | Yoruba religion, Umbanda, Candomble, Santeria, Haitian Vodou, Folk Catholicism |
Symbol | permanence, wealth |
Color | purple or burgundy, the rainbow |
Region | Nigeria, Benin, Latin America |
Ethnic group | Yoruba |
Oshunmare (known as Ochumaré or Oxumaré in Latin America) is an Orisha.[1][2][3][4] Osumare is the spirit of the rainbow, and Osumare also means rainbow in the Yoruba language.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
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ignored (help) - ^ Washington, Teresa N. (2015). Our mothers, our powers, our texts: manifestations of Àjé in Africana literature. ISBN 978-0991073054.
- ^ Washington, Teresa N. Nickels in the Nation Sack: Continuity in Africana Spiritual Technologies.