Oshunmare information

Oshunmare
Oshunmare
Rainbow, Serpent, Regeneration, Rebirth
Member of Orisha
Other names	Osumare or Oshunmare;; Ochumaré Oxumaré
Venerated in	Yoruba religion, Umbanda, Candomble, Santeria, Haitian Vodou, Folk Catholicism
Symbol	permanence, wealth
Color	purple or burgundy, the rainbow
Region	Nigeria, Benin, Latin America
Ethnic group	Yoruba

Oshunmare (known as Ochumaré or Oxumaré in Latin America) is an Orisha.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Osumare is the spirit of the rainbow, and Osumare also means rainbow in the Yoruba language.

^ Allen F. Roberts (April 1992). "Chance Encounters, Ironic Collage". African Arts. 25 (2): 54–63, 97–98. doi:10.2307/3337060. JSTOR 3337060.
^ Paul Carter Harrison; Gus Edwards (2002). Black theatre: ritual performance in the African diaspora. Temple University Press. p. 418. ISBN 978-1-56639-944-9. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
^ Washington, Teresa N. (2015). Our mothers, our powers, our texts: manifestations of Àjé in Africana literature. Oya's Tornado. ISBN 978-0-9910730-5-4.
^ Washington, Teresa N. Nickels in the Nation Sack: Continuity in Africana Spiritual Technologies.

[jstor-1] Allen F. Roberts (April 1992). "Chance Encounters, Ironic Collage". African Arts. 25 (2): 54–63, 97–98. doi:10.2307/3337060. JSTOR 3337060.

[2] Paul Carter Harrison; Gus Edwards (2002). Black theatre: ritual performance in the African diaspora. Temple University Press. p. 418. ISBN 978-1-56639-944-9. Retrieved 2010-04-27.

[3] Washington, Teresa N. (2015). Our mothers, our powers, our texts: manifestations of Àjé in Africana literature. Oya's Tornado. ISBN 978-0-9910730-5-4.

[4] Washington, Teresa N. Nickels in the Nation Sack: Continuity in Africana Spiritual Technologies.

Oshunmare information

and 9 Related for: Oshunmare information

Oshunmare

Yoruba religion

Yoruba people

Orisha

List of Yoruba deities

Yoruba culture

Serpent symbolism

African characters in comics

Adina Izarra