ORICHA = Is the name that we give to Deities or Saints in the Yoruba Pantheon or Santeria. The sacred head. The essence of personality. Which can be represented and connected by elements of natural force and cosmic energy. Believe ORICHA came from the Yoruba word (Orise) which mean "Headsource". Oricha mediates between Man/Woman and God Almighty. Is Oricha having his own "Ache" the power of blessing.
ORI= Mean the physical head and inner person; it is "the essence of personality".
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Eléggua
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As a guardian of the door. He is the messenger of the Orichas. The warrior the control of Ache. His color is red and black. His# is 3 and 21. He like candy, toys, rum, cigars, corn, male chicken, coconuts, shea butter.
Natural Force/Cosmic: Crossroads, Open and Closes Doors.
Function/Power: Opportunities, Changes, Destiny
Diety: Saint Anthony, the Child of Atolcha, or Saint Roque
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Ogún
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This is the warrior god of iron, employment, war pure force. His color is green and black. His # is 7 and 9. He likes cigars, plantains and roosters.
Natural Force/Cosmic: Steel, Iron, the Forest
Function/Power: Employment, War, Hospitals, Knives, Weapons
Diety: Saint Peter
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Orula or Ifá
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This is the god of divination and hold the secrets Assisi destiny. Knows him as a Babalawos. His color is Green and Yellow. His # is 16.
Natural Force/Cosmic: Divination
Function/Power: Table of Ifá
Diety: Saint Francis of Assisi
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Obatalá
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Is the king of the Orichas, the god of whiteness, justice and purity. He created the world and is responsible of human existence. Creator of human head. He control all whites substances, this include the bones structure and the Brain. Different aspects of Obatala are portrayed variously as an old man, a young man and even a female. Is dispected as a Knight on a white horse. He like ñame, coconut, cascarilla, cacao butter, cotton and white dove. His color is white. His # is 8.
Natural Force/Cosmic: Paternity, White
Function/Power: Peace, Purity, White Substances
Diety: Jesus Christ, Our Lady of Mercy
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Changó
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Is both a defied ancestor and the god of Fire, Thunder and Lighting (consider by some to be the physical manifestation of divine illumination and retribution. He like apples, bananas and roosters and male sheep. His color is red and white. His # is 4 and 6
Natural Force/Cosmic: Fire, Thunder, Lighting
Function/Power: Passion and Virility, invoked in work of seduction. Control of enemies and general difficulities.
Diety: Saint Barbara
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Yemayá
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Yemaya is the symbol Lady of motherhood , fertility and protects women’s in the endeavor. A river goddess in Africa, in the new world she has been transmuted into the power of the sea. Yemayá is the only deity that speaks Dilogún in the Table of Ifá. In her oldest aspect, or avatar, she is the masculine Yemayá Olokun, the god of the Ocean. He like sugar cane syrup, Watermelon, ducks, seashell, canoe and fans. Her colors are blue and White. Her # is 7.
Natural Force/Cosmic: Oceans, The Seven Seas
Function/Power: Maternity, Womanhood
Diety: The Lady of Regla
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Ochún
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A river deity. Is the goddess of Love and Marriage and beauty. The Venus of the Yoruba pantheon. The Archetype of Joy and Pleasure. The owner of gold, she can give it or take it away. She like honey, pumpkin, cakes, yellow hen, cinnamon, mirror, vine and jewelry. Her colors are yellow and white. Her # is 5.
Natural Force/Cosmic: River Waters
Function/Power: Marriage, Money, Gold, Art, Pleasure. Childrens' Abdominal Area
Diety: Our Lady of Charity
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