Description

Santeria is an Afro-Latin religious system the mixes both African (Yoruba people) and Catholic imagery. Santeria recognizes severa; deities (orishas), that may be invoked for good or evil. Occasionally it may be encountered in forensic medicine for certain communities.


Parameters:

(1) name of the deity

(2) name of the corresponding Catholic saint

(3) role of the deity

 

Name of the Deity

Catholic Saint(s)

Role of the Deity

Eleggua

Holy Guardian Angel; Christ Child; St Anthony of Padua

controls roads, gates, doors; allows communication between santero and orisha

Obtalla

Our Lady of Las Mercedes; Christ resurrected; Holy Eucharist

father of all the santos; source of energy, wisdom and purity; patron of hysterics and melancholiacs

Chango

Saint Barbara

controls thunder and lightning; controls fire

Oshun

Our Lady of Charity

controls gold and money; sensual love; arranges marriages; protects genitals

Yemaya

Our Lady of Regia

primordial mother of all santos; protects motherhood; controls fertility; owns the seas

Babalu-Aye

Saint Lazarus

patron of the sick, especially skin diseases

Oggun

Saint Peter

warrior; metals and weapons

 

where:

• The Yoruba is a people living in southwestern Nigeria and Benin.

• Santero is the priest.

• Santos is a saint.

 

Deities often called in malevolent sorcery: Chango, Oggun


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