Maiden
What you need to sow
Commit to the learning that is truly yours.
Lucumí / Cuban Santería
Obba
Orisha of the River and Faithful Love
Yoruba origins; living Cuban Lucumí practice
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Her story
Historical context
spirit · Yoruba origins; living Cuban Lucumí practice
Obba (Oba) is a Yoruba orisha of the river that bears her name in Nigeria, honored in Cuba within Lucumí tradition. She is associated with marital devotion, sacrifice and, in Cuban teaching, deep learning.
Mythology & traditions
A famous tale tells how she was misled into a painful sacrifice for love — a story of devotion and of learning to value oneself.
Domains
- loyalty
- marriage
- rivers
- knowledge
Symbols
- river
- book
- wheel of fortune
- rose
In the oracle
Her guidance
Mother
What you need to grow
Grow loyalty that includes loyalty to yourself.
Crone
What you need to know
Know that no love should cost you your whole self.
Her tradition
Cuban Traditions
Indigenous Taíno divinity joined to freshwater, birth and island belonging.
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