Ọ̀ṣun

Yoruba (Orisha) tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains: fresh water, love, wealth, fertility
Symbols and attributes: Brass; honey; mirror
Partner: Ṣàngó

Bronze head from Ife, Nigeria, c. 12th-15th century, Kimbell Art Museum.

Key myth

The orisha of the river Oshun at Oshogbo. Her sacred grove, the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the yearly Osun festival draws many worshippers.

Primary sources

Osun-Osogbo oral tradition
UNESCO World Heritage listing, 2005

All sources for the Yoruba (Orisha) pantheon

Place in the family graph

Choose a deity to see where it comes from. Dashed lines are links the sources describe that are not parent and child.

More traditions

Odin rides to Hel, W. G. Collingwood, after the Poetic Edda.

Elsewhere in the world

Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Ọ̀ṣun: love, desire and fertility, earth, harvest and fertility, sea and waters. This is overlap in one area only.

Norse