"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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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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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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