Goddess Oduduwa  

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"ODUDUA" OR "ODUA" IS THE CHIEF GODDESS OF THE YORUBA PEOPLES; AS THE CREATOR, SHE REPRESENTS THE EARTH. HER NAME MEANS "BLACK ONE, "AND SHE IS PICTURED AS A GREAT BEAUTY WITH SKIN LIKE OBSIDIAN STONE.SHE RULES DIRECTIONAL AND ELEMENTAL SOUTH...AND DEVOTION IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS. SHE IS WORSHIPPED IN WEST AFRICA AS THE MOTHER OF LOVE AND CHILD REARING. SHE IS THE WIFE OF OBATALIA, THE BRINGER OF PEACE AND HARMONY. SHE CAME FROM IFE, THE HOLY CITY, AS DID MOST OF THE OTHER GODS. ODUDUA AND OBATALIA REPRESENT ONE ANDROGYNOUS DIVINITY...THE CREATOR AND THE CREATRIX. HOWEVER, THE ARE USUALLY REGARDED AS TWO DISTINCT PERSONS.

ACCORDING TO A MYTH, ODUDUWA IS BLIND. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD, SHE AND HER HUSBAND, OBATALA, WERE SHUT UP IN DARKNESS IN A LARGE, CLOSED CALABASH... OBATALA BEING IN THE UPPER PART AND ODUDUWA IN THE LOWER. THEY REMAINED THERE FOR MANY DAYS, CRAMPED, HUNGRY, AND VERY, VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. THEN ODUDUWA BEGAN TO COMPLAIN, BLAMING HER HUSBAND FOR THE CONFINEMENT;A VIOLENT QUARREL ENSUED, DURING THE COURSE OF WHICH, OBATALA TORE OUT HER EYES IN A FRENZY OF RAGE. IN RETURN, SHE CURSED HIM, SAYING, YOU SHALL EAT NOTHING BUT SNAILS.

ACCORDING TO ANOTHER TALE, ODUDUWA WAS ONCE WALKING ALONE IN THE FOREST WHEN SHE CAME UPON A HANDSOME HUNTER. SHE MADE ADVANCES TO HIM, AND THEY WERE FAVORABLY RECEIVED; HENCE, THE COUPLE GRATIFIED THEIR PASSION RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT. ONCE THEY HAD MADE LOVE, THE GODDESS FOUND HERSELF EVEN MORE ENAMORED WITH THE HANDSOME HUNTER, AND FOUND HERSELF UNABLE TO TEAR HERSELF AWAY FROM HIM. SO, SHE LIVED WITH HIM FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IN A SMALL HOUSE CONSTRUCTED OF BRANCHES AT THE FOOT OF A LARGE SILK COTTON TREE. EVENTUALLY, HER PASSION HAD BURNED OUT AND SHE WEARIED OF HIM. SO, SHE LEFT HIM, BUT BEFORE SHE DID SO. SHE PROMISED THAT SHE WOULD ALWAYS PROTECT HIM AND ALL OTHERS WHO MIGHT COME AND DWELL IN THE SPOT WHERE SHE HAD PASSED SO MANY PLEASANT HOURS. AS A RESULT, MANY PEOPLE CAME AND SETTLED THERE, AND A TOWN GRADUALLY GREW UP; THE TOWN WAS NAMED ADO, TO COMMEMORATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF ITS ORIGIN.

WOMEN CELEBRATE HER FEAST DAYS BY OFFERING THEMSELVES WITH ABANDON TO MALE WORSHIPPERS.

In unity let's stand
On behalf of our fatherland
To rebuild it
To reform it
For the betterment of allLet all of us unite
To defend our motherland
For our progress
And for our children's
And for all posterityOduduwa is our spring
Wherever we may be
Let's be kinfolks
And remember
That home is home for us

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Goddess Gayatri  

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GAYATRI is the Hindu Goddess of the Vedas, the sacred texts. She is the personification of the Gayatri Mantra, a hymn of praise to the Sun God Savitr. She is usually depicted sitting on a red lotus and accompanied by a white swan. She has five heads, each with different colored skin, symbolizing the four main Vedas and the supreme God, and she has ten hands, which hold such symbols as a wine cup, a conch, and a noose. Gayatri is considered to be a consort of Brahma, identifying her with his other consort, Sarasvati. One hymn to Gayatri lists these 108 of her thousand names, which correspond to some of her different aspects:

Taruna-ditya samkashayai


Saha-srana-yanoj-valayai

Vichitra-malya-bhara-nayai


Tuhina-chala-vasinyai

Varada-bhaya-hastab-jayai


Revareera-niva-sinyai

Nipatraya-vishesha-gynayai


Yantra-kruti-virajitayai

Bhadha-pada-prayayai


Govinda-pada-gaminyai

Devarhsi-gana-samstu-tyayai


Vana-mala-vibhu-shitayai

Syanda-nottama-samsdha-nayai


Deergha-jeemata-nisva-nayai

Matta-matanga-gamanayai


Hiranya-kamala-sanayai

Deeja-nadhara niratayai


Yoginyai

Yoga-dharinyai


Nata-natyai-kani-ratayai

Prana-vadya-ksharat-mikayai


Chora-chara-kriya-saktayai

Daridrya-chedaka-rinyai


Yada-vendra-kulod-bhutayai

Tureeya-padha-gaminyai


Gayatryai

Gomatyai


Gangayai

Goutamyai


Guruda-sanayai

Geya-gana-priyayai


Gouryai

Govinda-pada-pujitayai


Gandharva-nagara-karayai

Goura-varnayai


Gane-shvaryai

Gadashra-yayai


Guna-vatyai

Gahvaryai


Gana-pujitayai

Guna-traya samayu-ktayai


Gunatraya-vivarji-tayai

Guha-vasayai


Guna-dharayai

Guhyayai


Gandharva-rupinyai

Garya-priyayai


Guru-padayai

Guhya-linganga-dharinyai


Savitryai

Surya-tana-yayai


Sushu-mnanadi-bedinyai

Supra-kashayai


Sukha-seenayai

Sumatyai


Sura-pujitayai

Sushu-patya-vasdhayai


Sudatyai

Sundaryai


Saga-ramba-rayai

Sudham-shubimba-vadanayai


Sustanyai

Suvi-locha-nayai


Seetayai

Sarva-shrayayai


Sandhyayai

Sapha-layai


Sukhada-enyai

Subhruve


Suna-sayai

Sushronyai


Samsara-rnavata-rinyai

Sama-gana-priyayai


Sadhvyai

Sarva-bharana-pujitayai


Vaishnavyai

Vimala-karayai


Mahendryai

Mantra-rupinyai


Maha-lakshmyai

Maha-sidyai


Maha-mayayai

Mahe-sharyai


Mohinyai

Madana-karayai


Madhu-sudhana-choditayai

Meena-kshyai


Madhura-vasayai

Nagendra-tanayayai


Umayai

Trivikrama-pada-krantayai


Trisva-rayai

Trivilo-chanayai


Surya-mandala-madya-sdhayai

Chandra-mandala-samsdhitayai


Vahni-mandala-madya-sdhayai

Vayu-mandala-madya-sdhayai


Vyoma-mandala-madya-sdhayai

Chakrinyai


Chakra-rupinyai

Kala-chakra-vitana-sdhayai


Chandra-mandala-darpanayai

Jyotna-tapanuli-ptamgyai


Maha-maruta-veejitayai

Sarva-mantra-shrayayai

Denave

Papagnai


Parame-shvaryai



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Goddess Sodza  

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SODZA is the Ewe Goddess of lightning, rain, and fertility. The Ewe reside in Ghana, Togo, and Benin in West Africa. She and her husband, the God Sogble, both control the lightning and when they speak to each other we hear it as thunder. Sodza blesses the fields with her rain, and the sound of her thunder frightens away evil spirits.

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