Do you know how to identify the Types of Eggun of the Osha-Ifá Rule?

Rendering honors to our ancestors is the fundamental and firm basis of the Osha-Ifá Rule.

The Egguns They take care of us, guide us, protect us and will always give us advice on how to direct our lives and how to overcome difficulties, for that reason and out of respect for the Egguns (dead) they should be very well cared for and that they feel comfortable.

Attentions given to the Dead (Eggun)

Egguns should not eat indoors.
Their offerings should be offered to them in the courtyards, and better in the hollows formed in the trees between the roots.
Out of respect they should eat before all the Orishas including Elegguá in every ceremony of our religion.
They are also asked permission for any religious celebration.

The Egguns represent the souls of the spirits, familiar ancestors or not, many of us know them but not others.

There are many types of Eguns, I comment on their names and characteristics below:

Do you know the types of Egún and the characteristics that define them?

Eggun name	Characteristics of this spirit
Egun Chebo	They are the protective spirits, since we are in our mother's womb. Although many of these spirits can be obtained in the course of our lives, some are united simply out of sympathy, by making pacts with them or by being the spirits of close friends or relatives.
Egun Ara	These spirits are those that are related to us by the blood that runs through our veins, that is, parents, brothers, grandparents, children, and so on.
Egun Pray	Spirits that can be present at certain times and can be from friends and acquaintances.
Egun Ori	This is the spirit that guides the thought of each one of us, and it belongs to the spirit that exercises in those moments as our spiritual guide apart from the other protective guides that we possess.
According to Epin	These spirits are blood relatives and act as guides for the remaining familiar spirits.
Egun Awo	Spirits that were consecrated in Ifá and appear at times when their intervention is needed to help.
Egun Merinlaye	Protective spirits of the four cardinal points.
Egun Ni Inle	These spirits coexist with us in the home. They belong in one way or another to the houses, they can sometimes disturb and other they protect the home.
Egún Buruku or Burubuku	Spirits that they send for evil (dark dead).
Egun Ni Aronu	These spirits are very high, that is, superior and are endowed with a lot of light.
Egun Igondo	Protectors of people who are far behind.

Tending and giving light to the Eggun illuminates our path ...

The spirits are varied and as I wrote before you may or may not know them, they may be African ancestors, but also Indian commissions, Arab commissions, Nordic commissions and many more that we cannot even imagine.

What you should be clear about is that if you decide to attend to your Eggún you must do so voluntarily, with your heart and with a lot of faith.

If you cannot attend to them correctly, it is better to leave it and do not commit yourself, because later it will be worse to leave them abandoned without light. We must be responsible and good religious.

Remember that this light that you provide is for your personal and spiritual advancement.
Maferefun Eggun