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alcheringa:1-2:praises_of_ogun [2021/06/25 00:37] – [Overview] schenkcdalcheringa:1-2:praises_of_ogun [2021/09/30 14:23] (current) – dan
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 ===== Commentary ===== ===== Commentary =====
-This oríkì highlights Ogun's capacity to kill people ("he kills the husband in a fire / he kills the wife in her foyer") or to otherwise be connected to blood ("Ogun sticks a bloodcovered hat on head"). Ogun is also connected to male potency and some degree of town-building or domesticity.+This oríkì highlights Ogun's capacity to kill people ("he kills the husband in a fire / he kills the wife in her foyer") or to otherwise be connected to blood ("Ogun sticks a bloodcovered hat on head"). Ogun is also connected to male sexual potency and some degree of town-building or domesticity.
 ===== Context ===== ===== Context =====
 This poem is an example of Yoruba praise poetry called oríkì. This poem is an example of Yoruba praise poetry called oríkì.
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 Ogun is one of the Orisha, deities in the Yoruba religion. The number of Orisha varies by source, but there are always several hundred to over one thousand. This poem calls him "orisha number three."  Ogun is one of the Orisha, deities in the Yoruba religion. The number of Orisha varies by source, but there are always several hundred to over one thousand. This poem calls him "orisha number three." 
  
-A note preceding the working indicates that "Ogun must be praised by all those who use iron." He is also connected to physical combat, the woods, and roads.+A note preceding the working indicates that "Ogun must be praised by all those who use iron." He is also generally connected to physical combat, the woods, and roads, all of which feature in this oríkì.
  
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-{{tag>[oriki oral Yoruba Africa]}}+{{tag>[oriki oral poem song violence print religion Yoruba Africa]}}
  

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