African Traditional Religion : Ogun

[awo dino]

forgot the other question. Ogun's number varies depending on geography; 3,4,7.

 

[AntiAlice88]

I just LOVE reading this thread. I ask about Ogun and Oya because I have been told on numerous occasions by a priest and by a muerto who came in possession at a misa, that I was a child of Oya/Centella and Ogun/Zarabanda was/is my father... Thanks for the patakis and breakdowns.

 

[awo dino]

Hi Anti Alice,
So you've been to a misa? are you talking about puerto rican centro espiritista?
They have a little different concept with a mother and father orisa.

 

[AntiAlice88]

Hi Anti Alice,
So you've been to a misa? are you talking about puerto rican centro espiritista?
They have a little different concept with a mother and father orisa.

Yes, it was an "espiritista" style misa, i guess. Actually, I wouldn't know how traditionally accurate the misa was that I went to because the priest whose ile it was I later found out to have been very inaccurate in many of their actions and apparently had no real training as a priest. So, who knows?

 

[AntiAlice88]

there were no puerto ricans in the Ile, I should note. The priest was supposed to have been African-based, so, from what I heard from other priests, shouldn't have even been trying to have a misa in the first place. But who am I to form an opinion? This is just from other priests' opinions.