Do you know the Orishas Bromú and Brosiá? Protectors of bad energies

The Orishas Guardians that protect the secrets and mysteries of death alongside OduduwaThey have a little-known but extremely important cult, since they are the protectors of Yoruba history and tradition.

Who are Bromú and Brosiá?

Boromú and Boronsiá They are minor orishas of the Yoruba pantheon, known as the guardian orishas of the secrets of Oduduwá. That is why they live and welcome each other with him. They are also called Bromú and Bronsiá or Brosiá.

And although their cult has been lost over the years, both stand out firmly in Yoruba legends, for their role as guardians and warriors that prevent the secrets of Ifá from falling into the wrong hands.

They are the ones in charge of warding off bad spiritual energies from the human world.

Boromu, the one who habita in the desert

Boromu habita the desert and lives with the father orisha obbatala, protecting the secret of Father Orisha. Some also associate it with ocean currents and with the power of eddies and rapids.

Legends tell that Boromú lives in the cemetery with Yewa, Female Orisha owner of the grave, who taught him to interpret the oracles with which he surprised everyone.

It represents the bones of the dead, what remains of a human being after death, and has a reputation as a fortune teller, for which it is highly respected.

Its receptacle is a red porcelain tureen or tinaja, which contains 8 otás (stones) and a hand of snails. His Elekes (necklaces) are all red and they close a black and a white bead and a white rooster, dove and guinea are immolated.

Boronsiá, the force of tornadoes

Much is unknown about the cult and secrets of Boronsiá, the Orisha who represents tornadoes and is associated with the powers of the goddess Oyá, Queen of the Spark and the Strong Winds.

Mysticism has taken over the figure of this guardian Orisha who, together with Boromú, watches over the secrets of the spiritual world to the point that few babalawos know how to shape his cult.