Talk:Oshun

message: My contribution is more of a question than any other thing.I am a yourba man and a Nigerian. I want someone to please clarify for me why oshun and the oba(both goddesses) were listed as being married to both ogun(d god of iron) and sango(the king of oyo empire)who was deified after death as the god of lightning
I think that I can answer your question. In Cuba, the Orishas have many different manifestations, and each manifestation has its own mythology. Some manifestations of Oshun are the lovers of Sango, or Ogun, or any of a number of other male Orishas. Sango is viewed as having three primary wives, which is found in Cuba, Brazil, and Yorubaland, and harkens to the widespread practice of polygyny. His three wives are Oba (his legitimate wife), Oya (the Tornado, his favourite wife), and Oshun (his lover/concubine).
--Brass Fan #5 (talk) 04:42, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Question

message: This section appears to the original research. The title of the subsection, "Osun- by a worshipper, follower, avatar and prietess of this Munificent Mother" alone implies bias on the part of the editor. Should be altered and put into a neutral tone. December 27th, 2008.
Brass Fan #5 (talk) 04:38, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section: Osun- by a worshipper, follower, avatar and prietess of this Munificent Mother 

message: There needs to be additional information about alleged syncretism between Oshun and the Blessed Virgin Mary, something which would be inappropriate within the Christian Church, because it would technically constitute a form of idolatry. There is an AFP article which makes this peculiar claim in the context of liturgucal celebrations in the nation of Cuba.  ADM (talk) 13:02, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Syncretism

message: I have questions regarding the associations with Oshun—in particular honey.  Wasn’t she poisoned by honey?  If so, a verified reference/citation here would be useful.  Here is one:  http://shawnacohen.tripod.com/thetribaltraditions/id63.html but if someone can verify that she was poisoned by honey, that would be great.  Can someone also explain why honey is associated with her if she was poisoned by it?  Usually associations to deities/spirits would suggest useful offerings.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by ST2526 (talk • contribs) 11:57, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poisoned by honey? 

message: About your artwork, which we have discussed on your talk page, and another editor's talk page, and could not reach agreement on—I oppose using this as the lead image for this article for the following reasons, which continues from what I've already said at those pages:
If this is not a retouched photo, fine, but it has a photographic/airbrush-y and photo-model-like quality with a certain tawdry glamour aesthetic, the subject looks as if she is wearing modern makeup, the dress looks modern, as well as the hairstyle, and there are no attributes which connect the subject of the image to the subject of the article, despite what you say about the color choices. I don't see any cultural rootedness or relevance in this depiction, this is not what the "goddess is supposed to look like" in my book, and I am deeply convinced that Yoruba people would not recognize their mythological being in this depiction or feel any connection with it. Considering MOS:IMAGES, this is not a , there is no way to objectively verify that it "looks like what it's meant to illustrate" (paraphrase), and particularly considering MOS:LEADIMAGE, this is not an appropriate representation of the topic (for the already stated reasons, primarily insofar it is a "filler", decorative image added only so that the article would not lack a lead image), and is not at all the type of image that would be used for similar purposes in a high-quality reference work, and certainly not what our readers expect to see in a serious encyclopedic article. —Alalch E. 05:48, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: This was listed at WP:3O and while there's technically already more than two editors involved in this, I'll comment on it anyways. Per WP:IMAGEOR images  (emphasis in original). This image appears to be a novel interpretation at best, and if it isn't WP:OR certainly skirts against that policy, since the identifying features of this image appear to be based on the  that WP:IMAGEOR describes. It's one thing to take a description and to conceptualize it by incorporating the defining features, but this image does not do that and it just looks like a random person put through an art filter rather than a accurate representation of this article's subject. - Aoidh (talk) 18:10, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead image