Nanã
Superior female Orisha, related to the earth, to the mud, to the
death and to the waters (lakes and springs); in Daomé she was
considered as the feminine ancestor of all divinities; in the
State
of Bahia she is considered the wife of Oxalá; her emblems and
ritual objects
are related to those elements described above; the
radical NA in her name, means
“Mother”; related to the agriculture,
the fertility and the grains; her colors are the
dark-blue combined
with the white (for being a mother strength); manifested in her
priestess, she cares the Ibiri on her right hand, representing the
spirits of the earth
and her son, Obaluayé; her other son is called
Oxumaré.
Ogun
Hunter Orisha; related to the mystery of the trees, he is the divinity
of vanguard, the
one who precedes, invents the war devices and
the tools for hunting; these are
firstly made by rock, then made by
iron, from which he is the patron; he is
frequently confused with his
brother Exú; and he is represented by the colors:
dark-blue and
green.
