page_title: Oshun
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hierarchical_section_title: Oshun / External links
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a photograph of an Arugbà for Olokun, she divinely selected to carry the gourd of offerings or the sacred figurine of an orisa (deity). Most of the Orisas in the yoruba spiritual tradition have thier Arugba and young virgins are mostly chosen to carry this honorable responsibility. The most popular icon of this duty is the Arugba Osun, who is chosen to carry the gourd of sacrifice during the annual Osun/Osogbo Festival in Osogbo, Osun state Nigeria. This photo has been taken in the country: Nigeria
context_page_description: Ọṣun, is an Orisha, a spirit, a deity, or a goddess that reflects one of the manifestations of the Yorùbá Supreme Being in the Ifá oral literature and Yoruba-based religions. She is one of the most popular and venerated Orishas. Osun is an important river deity among the Yorùbá people. She is the goddess of divinity, femininity, fertility, beauty and love. She is connected to destiny and divination.
  During the life of the mortal Osun, she served as queen consort to King Shango of Oyo. Following her posthumous deification, she was admitted to the Yoruba pantheon as an aspect of a primordial divinity of the same name.
  She is the patron saint of the Osun River in Nigeria, which bears her name. The river has its source in Ekiti State, in the west of Nigeria, and passes through the city of Osogbo, where Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, the principal sanctuary of the deity, is located. Osun is honored at the Osun-Osogbo Festival, a two-week-long annual festival that usually takes place in August, at the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove on the banks of the river.
  Osun is one of the 401 Yoruba gods.
context_section_description: Santeria.fr All about Oshun
caption: Another picture of an Arugba at the Osun-Osogbo festival
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