He ordered the hen to scatter the earth across the surface in all directions. When there was enough solid earth, he let go of the chain and landed on the newly formed land that became know as the holy city of Ile-Ife. He planted the palm nut and it grew into tree. The cat was his companion until new life inhabited the earth. Many orishas eventually descended from heaven and populated Ile-Ife. Olofi then gave instructions to Obatala to mould figures, male and female, to create humans. While moulding the figures, he became thirsty and drank palm wine. This caused him to become clumsy in shaping the figures and resulted in deformed figures. When Olofi breathed some of his life force into them, they became alive, but filled with human emotions and flaws. Eventually, as more orishas descended to earth, Olofi divided some of his powers and granted them to the orishas. (Gonzalez-Wippler 1989: 26-28) .
Oloddumare is a distant, remote and inaccessible deity. Orishas are divine beings who act as God's agents. They affect and encompass every facet of life (Flores-Pena and Evanchuk: 8-9). Every person, animal, plant, object, and symbol is governed by a specific orisha. Each orisha has exclusive special powers and a specific calendar fest for his or her celebration or worship. Different orishas have different humanlike characteristics and have different personalities, preferences, dislikes, behaviours, sacrifices, offerings, stories, observances, and taboos. (Lindsay: 54-56) The orishas have power over a person's destiny and have powers to reward and punish people. Each person has a particular orisha ruling over his or her life that he or she receives in birth. This patron orisha becomes the parent and it is the orisha who chooses his or her "child-. One cannot choose an orisha (Nunez: 27). A person may pray to other orishas, who may grant favours and blessings to the individual, but he or she will only be ruled by their patron orisha.
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The following are a few examples of Witchcraft (http://www.contenderministries.org): Wicca Pagan Neo-Pagan Ceremonial Magick Gardnerian Norse Shamanism Druid Santeria Wicca is primarily the path that I study. ...
Nationality: Cuban Ethnic groups: mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1% Religions: nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented Languages: Spanish Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 96.2% female: 95.3% (1995 est.) ...
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