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OLODDUMARE

OLODDUMARE - All-powerful God. This composition of words that gives the meaning Him to our Supreme Father, origin of our faith, is compounded within the Yoruba dialect, in the following way:

-        OLO (extension, expansion, eternal);

-        DDU (time or years);

-        MARE (to be born, to grow, to raise) and

-        RE (stability, of the good, to guide).

ODDU-AREMU and OSA-BELLI are Oddu'a. This Santo represents the years, the time and when the cafi5uficativo of Oddu-Aremu' occurs him,Aremu', means tired, and Oddu-Aremu', tired years.

OSA-BELLI

-        Osa' is to leave, restlessness;

-        BE is to cut,

-        LLI is to fight, action, to move, to live.

OSA-BELLI - the companion of Oddu-Aremu', are where the work is born, the fight,everything what in this world it becomes and moves, is born or grows, lives or it dies, that is Osa-Belli, the gold of this life.

BOROMU - This Santo is the production, is what renders, is the reproduction of the foundation of the Earth. One says that she is the wife of Osa-Belli.

LLEGUA - This Santa di'cese that she is young lady. This African virgin is the one that represents the life. ALLE, world; GUA, is. ALLEGUA, life.

It is said, that Olofi had a very leafy garden and lived very proud on his preferred garden, and one day in a meeting where there many aguo's talking and among them Chango', spoke of the virtues of the women, and to all, they attributed much to him. Then Echu' said: by the only woman whom Olofi responds, is by Llegua'; an affirmation that left Chango' overwhelmed , that on the following day he went to the garden and observed that all the flowers smiled less Llegua' to him, and to that went to which Chango' lisonjeo'. The one that was not able to resist raising her sight, watched Chango', this was prohibited to watch any man. Chango' went away smiling and satisfied. Echu' that spied, when Chango' left the garden of Olofi, asked him what had happened, and Chango' told it and, it took longer to hear about it than for Echu' to go and put in knowledge to Olofi what had happened between Chango' and Llegua'.

Olofi, indignant, came to his garden and there stopped in front of Llegua'; this one could not raise the sight to watch the eyes of Olofi, as it accustomed, Olofi realized what happened and as she presumed herself that Olofi had realized what happened , I repeat, before Olofi spoke, embarrased Llegua' said: Papa I have committed a very serious act and I do not want that to be pardoned, but that You send me to a place where all those that they dwell are for resting eternally; and that will be the calmest place for me. There I will be ueen. Olofi said; Llegua', the only flower in my garden not looked at, was you, and I, have found you very sad; that is a great shame for me. Then, from today on ahead, ILE OCU will be your reign.

Po Ban Echu'.

In this world there is nothing perfect, Oloddumare after creating life, realized that there existed a problem and this one was disease, direct route to death.