Orisha Orisha Oko is a nature that represents the earth and life work in agriculture and crops. Is directly related to agriculture and the countryside. Protector of tillage and plows. Gives strength to life because it provides the means of support in the same giving the food needed to live. Is strongly related to Oggún and Olokun

Saki comes from territory west of Oyo. It is considered the arbiter of disputes, especially among women, but often it is the judge of disputes between the Orishas. It is a zealous worker and guardian of secrets, he says his testicles hang down to the ground, its iron chastity. Is that provides food to the world, as the earth itself.

Ensures the prosperity of the crops, their messengers are the bees and represents the prosperity and fertility, so barren women resorting to it. It forms a trilogy with Oke and important Oggué responsible for the crops, the rains, the inner fire capable of splitting the land and animals.

He has two personalities, the day represents the pure and perfect man, at night disguised as Iku (death). Get the corpses gives Yewa and Oya sent to you via Babalu Aye. Also lives on the rooftops. Its name comes from Oris Yorùbá Oko (Orisha of Processing). Orisha is not received as guardian in this case is to pray Yemaya Orisha Oko.

The syncretism is compared to San Isidro Labrador (May 15). Its color is red and white. His number is 7 and its multiples. Maferefun greet Orisha Oko!

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Orisha oko Family
Son of Obbatala and Yenbo. He was the husband of Olokun who revealed his condition hermaphrodite and although it left him always live together (the sea and land), also had an affair with Yemaya, who seduced him to take away the secret of yam and give your child Shango.

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Diloggún in Orisha oko
Talk over diloggún by Eyeunle (8), Eyioko (2) and Oddi (7).

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Orisha oko Tools
Its receptacle is a clay pot painted red and white and contains land plowed in some cases the land itself is its location. His attributes are two dry coconuts, filled and painted red and white (and Efun Osun), land plow, a small jar with a secret, a coat of snails, seven snails corkscrew or ground, a white-painted tiles 7 red stripes, an OTA collected in the field and its tool, which consists of a farmer, with his umbrella and two oxen pulling the plow. His Elekes are made of white beads with a small red line, also by a shortage of this type of account are made by inserting seven roses or lilacs accounts and 7 accounts pale turquoise (blue).

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Offerings to Orisha oko
He is offered all harvested fruits, all kinds of dried meat, yams, beans, etc. He immolated goats, pigeons and rooster. Your Ewe are bibijagua or bell, red vine, vine partridge, guarana liana, vine milk, sweet potatoes, hump, yams, peregún, custard apple and peony.

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Characteristics of the Omo Orisha Oko
They are discreet people, hardworking and responsible. Slopes of the people who depend on them somehow. They also have a clear mind. His righteousness is governed by the desire of the common good. They are not parties or womanizing friends also have a special respect for human beings.

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Orisha oko Pataki
After he invaded Olokun all their waters to the planet's inhabitants had no other choice but to take refuge in the highest mountain.

Many were the attempts to draw the attention of Olofin to solve this very difficult situation. The men came up to a tower that would reach to heaven, but the builders of so much work in isolation ended up talking a language that others could not understand, the same happened to the carpenters and so each group of workers.

Thus arose several languages and became so difficult to keep that little by little they were leaving the building.

A farmer named Oko had a better idea. With his farming tools made seven huge furrows on the mountain and planted plants each with a different color.

One morning he looked Olofin Earth Oko saw the drawing that was done. It pleased that he immediately ordered to make a bridge with seven colors equal to those in the mountain to the author of that wonder could climb to his palace.

When Oko told him what happened, shocked Olofin Yemaya ordered that Olokun chained to the seabed.

Oko returned to Earth now had more space to grow, because the sea had withdrawn. As the men knew of his achievement began to call Orisha oko.

Oshumare Olofin decided that the rainbow, occasionally down to Earth as a souvenir of that event.