What are the Holy Attributes of the Orisha Olokun and their significance?

Olokun She is a very powerful saint, she lives in the depths of the sea where she has her kingdom.

Santorally, it is made up of a diverse cluster of otanes (stones) from the depths of the ocean. These stand out for being grouped together in a set of smooth and porous rocks of various shapes and sizes, to which fragments of small snails are generally attached.

According to the forged legends of the first Orishas, this saint was offered pearls, precious stones and ancient coins in representation of the spoils that the deity treasured ancestrally in her domains in the most remote and unexplored places of the sea.

Herbs and sacred offerings of the Orisha of the oceans

Its sacred ewes (herbs) are the copalillo del monte, the romerillo, the bolt, the willow, the anón and the alambrillo to name a few examples.

With these herbs the saint carries out her work, ridding her children and her protected of all evil.

He is offered ground corn, coconut balls, chicharritas, cane molasses, pork, fried green plantains, malarrabia, yam balls, fruits and red roses.

Olokun's Jar and the meaning of its tools

Olokun lives in a jar, this is his ceremonial receptacle which gives him distinction over the other deities.

Among the attributes of this saint we find:

a small jar,
a hand of snails,
A mermaid,
Sun,
Moon,
An anchor,
two oars,
a rudder,
a lead doll with a mask in one hand and a snake in the other,
seahorses,
boats and
starfish among others.

Do you know the sacred meaning of its attributes in the Osha?

Inside the Olokun jar are deposited a sun and a moon to pay tribute to the stars that rule the descent and rise of the tide on a daily basis.

These in turn are related together with the stars with maritime activities, so that among the attributes of the saint are also objects and work instruments belonging to ships such as the rudder, the anchor, the boats and the marine animals.

The mermaid It represents the unknown secrets that live at the bottom of the sea, which the deity treasures with devotion.

In turn, the mermaid represents a method of presentation that the deity adopts, it also symbolizes the power of magic and the faith that is needed to believe that there is nothing greater in this world than religion.

The lead doll He has a mask and a snake in each of his hands, this represents the fact of being able to discover enemies and false people, who only cause damage in the life of those who know them.