Teachings of the Santería Gods by Lele, Ócha'ni -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Image Title Page Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgments Table of Contents Preface An Introduction to the Diloggún Chapter 1: Okana

Okana Brews a Love Potion Okana’s Seduction of Shangó Okana’s Curses Okana’s Lesson in Love The Story of the Cat and the Rat

Chapter 2: Eji Oko

The Birth of Ikú The Marriage of Ikú and Ejioko Ejioko Loses His Friend Iré Ochosi Feeds Olófin

Chapter 3: Ogundá

Why the Rooster Was First Sacrificed How the Crocodile Became Powerful King Olushola Makes Ebó

Chapter 4: Irosun

How a Man and a Woman Found Love Irosun Discovers His True Friends The Story of the Cat and the Leopard The Pact between Orishaokó and Olófin The Tail (Tale) of the Little Monkey Obatalá Rewards Odé

Chapter 5: Oché

The Birth, Death, and Rebirth of Oché How Oshogbo Became Dedicated to Oshún How Oshún Came to the New World A Foolish Merchant’s Tragedy I Will Give You a Small Thing

Chapter 6: Obara

The Farmer and His Ebó The Best Food: The Worst Food Ochosi Learns to Build a Trap Ochosi’s Curse The Story of Elegede

Chapter 7: Odí

The Creation of Copulation Where the Hole Was First Opened He Who Fights Knows about War

Chapter 8: Unle

Unle Is Born Unle’s Ebó to Elegguá Unle Builds a Home Unle Becomes a Farmer Obatalá Eats Heads

Chapter 9: Osá

The Death of His Love A Beggar’s Story A Son’s Loss The Brag of the Boastful Boy Shangó’s Imprisonment

Chapter 10: Ofún

Life and Death The Story of Iré and Osogbo Ofún, the Godchild of Ikú The Loss of Ofún’s Daughter How the Leopard Gained His Strength The Spinning of the Web Obatalá Makes Ebó

Chapter 11: Owani

Eshu at the Crossroads The Climbing Vine and the Okra The Death of the Egungun Priests Disobedience Becomes the Road to Death Oshún’s Ebó How Osain Saved the Ill-Prepared Man

Chapter 12: Ejila Shebora

Shangó’s Losses The Marriage of Oshún and Orúnmila Yemayá’s Quest Yemayá Learns to Cast òpèlè

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