Ọsanyìn

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Ọsanyìn
Plants, Healing, Magic, Talking
Member of Orisha
Other namesỌ̀sanyìn or Osanyin; Osaín or Ossain; and Ossaím
Venerated inYoruba religion, Umbanda, Candomble, Santeria, Haitian Vodou, Folk Catholicism
Symbolase
RegionNigeria, Benin, Latin America
Ethnic groupYoruba
Personal information
SiblingsOrunmila

Ọsanyin (Yoruba: Ọ̀sanyìn, rendered Osaín/Ossain/Ossaím in Latin America) is the one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged orisha of healing herbs.[1] In America he is syncretized with Saint Joseph.


References

  1. ^ Adeoye, C. L. (1989). Ìgbàgbọ́ àti ẹ̀sìn Yorùba (in Yoruba). Ibadan: Evans Bros. Nigeria Publishers. pp. 214–219. ISBN 9781675098.


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