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The Archetype of #Oshun and the Divine Feminine
Luisah Teish on the archetype of Oshun. This is an outtake from an interview with Luisah Teish for the film "Changing of the Gods."
#TheBlackGods
Luisah Teish on the archetype of Oshun. This is an outtake from an interview with Luisah Teish for the film "Changing of the Gods."
#TheBlackGods
Before the slave trade, Before Islam or Christianity -- we worshipped Black Gods. And, there are a lot of them.
These African Deities Are The Best Gods You've Never Heard Of
Move over Zeus, there's an old pantheon in town.
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These African Deities Are The Best Gods You've Never Heard Of
Move over Zeus, there's an old pantheon in town.
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Ibeji — Spirit Of The Twins 👯
Ibeji (known as Ibejí, Ibeyí, or #Jimaguas in Latin America) is the name of an Orisha representing a pair of twins in the Yoruba religion of the Yoruba people ( present-day Nigeria).
#BlackHistoryMonth
Ibeji (known as Ibejí, Ibeyí, or #Jimaguas in Latin America) is the name of an Orisha representing a pair of twins in the Yoruba religion of the Yoruba people ( present-day Nigeria).
#BlackHistoryMonth
"#AfroFuturism: Of #Obatala and #Oduduwa's Peace Archetype for the World" - by @SMBofAfrica
Time, space and historical events are often encumbered in determinism. That George Floyd's scenario is historical and a re-enactment of past experiences of the Blacks is not elusive...
Time, space and historical events are often encumbered in determinism. That George Floyd's scenario is historical and a re-enactment of past experiences of the Blacks is not elusive...
Before the amplification and proliferation of the Trans Atlantic Slaves Trade, the rupture of world's peace had started out. Racialization coded and systemized in slavery in the US, though contested but not defeated by the events of the US Civil War under Abraham Lincoln
Rosa Parks and the 20th century's Blacks were unable to bring down racism, instead the monster renew it's energies in all ramifications in the 21st century. Now, George Floyd's ghost is reenacting the same eventualities of the 19th & 20th centuries. Time, space, events looping.
❗❗❗❗Parlons un peu de la mythologie Yoruba (peuple de l'actuel Nigéria)❗❗❗
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LA CRÉATION
OLORUN confia à Obatala la mission de créer le monde à la surface des eaux primordiales , il lui remit pour le réaliser une poule et du sable céleste. En chemin celui ci trouv du vin de palme s'en enivra et oublia sa mission.
#Yoruba #nago
OLORUN confia à Obatala la mission de créer le monde à la surface des eaux primordiales , il lui remit pour le réaliser une poule et du sable céleste. En chemin celui ci trouv du vin de palme s'en enivra et oublia sa mission.
#Yoruba #nago
ODUDUWA
Alors Oduduwa prit une pirogue récupéra la poule, le sable. Versa le sable sur les eaux encore marécageuse de l'océan primaire et y déposa la poule. Celle ci se mit à gratter le sable de ses pattes jusqu'à ce que les océans et les terres se séparent
Alors Oduduwa prit une pirogue récupéra la poule, le sable. Versa le sable sur les eaux encore marécageuse de l'océan primaire et y déposa la poule. Celle ci se mit à gratter le sable de ses pattes jusqu'à ce que les océans et les terres se séparent
THE STORY ORISA-ALA , THE WHITE ORACLE
ALSO KNOWN AS “OBATALA” OF THE YORUBA FEDERATION WORLDWIDE
#OBATALA
ALSO KNOWN AS “OBATALA” OF THE YORUBA FEDERATION WORLDWIDE
#OBATALA
In the beginning OLODUMARE(GOD) Created the heavens and all the planets in the universe,
He also created the positive and dynamic powers of the heavens, known as the IRUNMOLES (the great and extremely positive divinities) led to the earth by the personality of OBATALA.
He also created the positive and dynamic powers of the heavens, known as the IRUNMOLES (the great and extremely positive divinities) led to the earth by the personality of OBATALA.
The divinities are entities created by OLODUMARE to justify his own glory, nature and his phenomenal status in creation.
