Orungan

Orungan

Orungan

Yoruba deity

In Yoruba religion, Orungan was the son of Yemaja and Aganju.[1]

He ravished his mother once, and as he tried a second time, Yemaja fell and burst open, whereupon the fifteen Orishas came forth from her.

References

  1. [1]
    African Myths of Origin, Por Stephen Belcher


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