Ócha'ni Lele

Diloggún Tales of the Natural World (eBook, ePUB)

How the Moon Fooled the Sun and Other Santería Stories

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sacred myths from Santería centered on nature and the natural world • Includes more than 40 myths, stories, and histories from the Lucumí tradition • Reassembles the oral fragments from the African diaspora into coherent stories • Demonstrates that the African peoples, specifically the Yoruba, had deep philosophies and metaphysics involving nature and the natural world Since ancient times the Yoruba of West Africa created sacred stories--patakís--to make sense of the world around them. Upon arrival in the New World, the Yoruba religion began to incorporate elements from Catholic and Native traditions, evolving into Santería, and new patakís were born, adding to the many chapters already found in the odu of the diloggun--the sacred oral teachings and divination system of the Yoruba, or Lucumí, faith. Comparable to the myths of ancient Greece and Rome and rich with jewels of wisdom like the I Ching, these Santería stories are as vast as the Hindu Vedas and as culturally significant as the parables in the Torah, Talmud, and Christian Bible. Diloggun Tales of the Natural World presents more than 40 patakís that shed light upon the worldview of Santería. Each story in this collection, reassembled from the oral tradition of the African diaspora, is centered on a spiritual principle in nature: the waxing and waning of the moon, solar and lunar eclipses, the phenomenon of shooting stars, the separation of sky and earth, and the origins of the animals and birds who play key roles in Santería symbology. Revealing the metaphysics, theology, and philosophy of the Yoruba people, this volume shows these stories to be as powerful and relevant today as they were to the ancient Yoruba who once safeguarded them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781594778032
• Artikelnr.: 49185369

Autorenporträt

Author of The Secrets of Afro-Cuban Divination, Ócha'ni Lele (1966-2019) was immersed in the underground culture of Orisha worship in 1989. By 1995 he had received several initiations in both Santeria and the Congo faith Palo Mayombe and in 2000 he made Ocha and was crowned a Santeria priest.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Importance of Patakís
1 Patakís from the Composites of Okana
The Separation of Heaven and Earth
The Separation of Sky and Earth
The Story of the Maja
Obatalá’s Favorite Dove, or, How the Cat Lost His Dinner
The Birth of the Dead Sea
How Osain Became an Herbalist
2 Patakís from the Composites of Eji Oko
The Story of Rain and Drought
The Birth of Rain
The Sickness of the Swamp
3 Patakís from the Composites of Ogundá
Why the Cat Is Chased But Not Caught
How the Cat and the Ferret Became Enemies
Where the Goat Was First Sacrificed
4 Patakís from the Composites of Irosun
The Sun, the Moon, the Fire, and the Water
The War between Fire and Water
The Cat, the Rat, and the Fish
5 Patakís from the Composites of Oché
Poverty and Hunger
The Birth of Menstruation
How the Hummingbird Was Born
Even a Woman Can Hunt
6 Patakís from the Composites of Obara
The Mountain
Money Is Trouble, and Trouble Is Death
How the Rosary Bead Plant Got Its Ashé
The Kingdom of Earth, the Kingdom of Heaven
7 Patakís from the Composites of Odí
Iroko, the Tree of Life
How the Birds Got Their Wings
How the Maraca Was Born
The Pact of the Hand and the Anus
8 Patakís from the Composites of Unle
The Rock and the Cactus
How the Moon Fooled the Sun and Saved the Earth
The Waxing and Waning of the Moon
Ekún Fails to Make Ebó
The Tale of Cotton
The Calabash of Ashé
9 Patakís from the Composites of Osá
How the Frog Got Its Poison
The Birth of Red Blood Cells
How the Turtle Won the Race
Why Butterflies Stay in the Country
Why the Sea Is Salty
10 Patakís from the Composites of Ofún
How the Pigeon Was First Sacrificed
Why Orúnmila Eats Hens, and Not Roosters
Ananagú: How Osogbo Was Freed in the World
11 Patakís from the Composites of Owani
The Old Woman and the Leopard
The Osogbos (Misfortunes) and the Àkùko (Rooster)
The Earth and the Wind
12 Patakís from the Composites of Ejila Shebora
The Lands of Lesa and Mogue
The Hunter and the Leopard
The Tale of the Spiders
Glossary
Index