Orungan
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In Yoruba religion, Orungan was the son of Yemaja
and Aganju
.
He ravished his mother once, and as he tried a second time, Yemaja fell and burst open, whereupon the fifteen Orisha
s came forth from her.
Yemaja
Yemanja is an orisha, originally of the Yoruba religion, who has become prominent in many Afro-American religions. Africans from what is now called Yorubaland brought Yemaya/Yemoja and a host of other deities/energy forces in nature with them when they were brought to the shores of the Americas as...
and Aganju
Aganju
In Yoruba mythology, Aganju is the Orisha of volcanos, the wilderness, and the river. He is associated with Saint Christopher.As the third Òrìsà said to have come to earth, Aganjú is an Òrìsà of great antiquity. Lukumi followers of this religion believe that Aganjú is a force that, like the sun...
.
He ravished his mother once, and as he tried a second time, Yemaja fell and burst open, whereupon the fifteen Orisha
Orisha
An Orisha is a spirit or deity that reflects one of the manifestations of Olodumare in the Yoruba spiritual or religious system....
s came forth from her.