Orisha oko is one of the deities of the Yoruba religion. In santeria syncretiza with San Isidro Labrador, patron of the farmers.
Summary
Orisha Oko is the protector of tillage and plows. It gives strength to life because it provides the means of supporting it by giving the necessary food to live. It is strongly related to Oggún and Olokun.
It comes from Saki territory, west of Oyo. He is considered the arbiter of disputes, especially among women, although he is often the judge of disputes between the Orishas. He is an industrious worker and keeper of secrets, his testicles are said to hang to the ground, by his iron chastity. It is the one that provides food to the world, because it is the earth itself.
It ensures the prosperity of the crops, its messengers are the bees and represents the prosperity and the fertility, that is why the sterile women resort to him. It forms an important trilogy with Oke and Oggue, responsible for the crops, the rains, the internal fire capable of breaking the land and animals.
It has two personalities, day represents the pure and perfect man, at night disguises of Ikú (death). He receives the corpses that Yewá gives him and those that Oyá sends him through Babalú Ayé. He lives also on the roofs. Its name comes from the Yorùbá Òrìsá Okò (Orisha del Labrado). It is not received as Orisha tutelar in such case is made Yemayá with Orun for Orisha Oko. El Orisha
Orisha Oko represents the land and in the life the agricultural work and the crops; is directly related to agriculture and the countryside. Family
Son of Obbatala and Yembó. He was Olokun's husband. Offerings
You are offered all the fruits harvested, all kinds of dried meats, yams, beans, etc.
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