Ogun (Oggun, Ogum) Orisha Of Iron, War & Metalwork - Creator & Destroyer | Yoruba Religion Explained
Ogun also known as Oggun and Ogum, is the orisha of iron, war and metalwork, a revered divinity in Yoruba religion.
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Ogun is the patron deity of anyone whose work involve metal and iron. the orisha Ogun is perceived as both a creator and a destroyer through his iron implements capable of killing but also saving lives. Ogun is the orisha who connected the spiritual world to physical world when the orishas came of earth, ultimately leading them to western Africa. Because of Ogun humanity is able to thrive on earth. In African mythology especially among the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Ogun is the first orisha to have come on Earth and earned the name Osin-Imole, to commemorate this achievement, he then thought humankind and the other orishas how to make iron, but was one day cast out by the other orisha and took the traits of a warrior called Onire. Now known as Ogun Onire, Ogun later became the king of the Yoruba city of Ife.
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