Oko
Agriculture, Farming, Fertility
Member of Orisha
Representation of Oko by Carybé, Museu Afro-Brasileiro, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Other namesOcó, Òrìṣàokó
Venerated inYoruba religion, Dahomey mythology, Vodun, Santería, Candomblé
Colorred , and white
RegionNigeria, Benin, Latin America
Ethnic groupYoruba people, Fon people

Oko, also known as Ocô in Brazil,[1][2][3] was an Orisha.[4] In Nigeria and the Benin Republic, he was a strong hunter and farming deity, as well as a fighter against sorcery. He was associated with the annual new harvest of the white African yam. Among the deities, he was considered a close friend of Oosa, Ogiyan and Shango, as well as a one-time husband of Oya and Yemoja. Bees are considered the messengers of Oko.[5]

In Brazilian Candomblé, he represents one of the Orishas of agriculture, together with Ogum.[6] According to Prandi, Oko songs and myths are remembered, but their presence in celebrations is rare.[7] In his representation, he had a wooden staff, played a flute of bones, and wore white.[8] Oko is syncretized with Saint Isidore among Cuban orisha practitioners of Santería (Lucumí) and Regla de Ocha.[9][10]

Notes

  1. ↑ Comissão Catarinense de Folclore 1953, p. 51.
  2. ↑ Ianamá 1984, p. 79.
  3. ↑ Prandi 2017.
  4. ↑ Adeoye 1989, pp. 270–279.
  5. ↑ Vogel 1981, p. 96.
  6. ↑ Prandi 2005, p. 103.
  7. ↑ Prandi 2005, p. 118.
  8. ↑ Amado 2012.
  9. ↑ De La Torre 2004, p. 81.
  10. ↑ Marra & Grassi, p. 20.

References

  • Prandi, Reginaldo (2017). Aimó: Uma viagem pelo mundo dos orixás (in Portuguese). Editora Seguinte. p. 200. ISBN 978-8543809670.
  • Amado, Jorge (2012). Bahia de Todos-os-Santos (in Portuguese). Companhia das Letras. p. 400. ISBN 978-8580864298.
  • Boletim trimestral (in Portuguese). Comissão Catarinense de Folclore, Instituto Brasileiro de Educação, Ciência e Cultura. 1953. p. 118.
  • Espaço-Orixá-Sociedade: arquitetura e liturgia do candomblé (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Ianamá. 2004. p. 84. ISBN 8585151013.
  • Vogel, Susan Mulli (1981). For Spirits and Kings: African Art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman Collection. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, NY. p. 256. ISBN 0870992678.
  • Adeoye, C. L. (1989). Ìgbàgbọ́ àti ẹ̀sìn Yorùbá (in Yoruba). Ibadan: Evans Bros. Nigeria Publishers. pp. 270–279. ISBN 9781675098.
  • Marra, Sandrino Luigi; Grassi, Valentina. QUEL CHE RESTA DEL VODU. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781326334086.
  • De La Torre, Miguel A. (2004). Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America (in Spanish). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 246. ISBN 0802849733.
  • Prandi, J. Reginaldo (2005). Segredos guardados (in Portuguese). Companhia das Letras. p. 328. ISBN 9788535906271.


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