Here I share a little text about an Oriṣa (Orisha in english, Orichá in spanish and Orixá in portuguese) that is not well understood, because He's not just quit an Oriṣa, He is actually a Vodun. He's known in Haitian Vodou as Damballah and the other serpent deities like Simbi, Ayida Wedo, etc. He's the Sacred Rainbow, deity of transformation, abundance, generation, longevity, etc.
He is Olokun's personal Babalawo according to an Ita of Ifa. Deity owner of clairvoyance and mysticism.
Here goes the text [wink]
ÒṢÙMÀRÈ, The transformer.
The enchanted divinity that colours the sky with a rainbow. Who makes from the rain, renovation. A serpent that expands through the horizon showing infinite possibilities.
Ṣàpọ̀nà took Savalu and expeld Boku. With that lots of Dan priests from those Fon lands run to the yoruban city of Ọ̀yọ́ to find refuge. There, Dan transforms into Òṣùmàrè. Since that happens the cobra transforms taking with Him the riches of its culture.
Òṣùmàrè it's the lines of colours that paints the rainy firmament, filling everyone that sees it with happiness and surprise. Shines, enchants, brings hope. Òṣùmàrè renovates, moves, awakens to the new.
Òṣùmàrè unites the sky with the earth in one single bow. The Royal Python is Father and Mother, which is god and enchantment. The “Gbèsèn” (“The worshiped Vital Principle”).
The snake that fascinates, that closes Itself in a circle and shows te eternal. The snake that shows the path and brings followers, It showed Tàlábí his purpose and then he foundates the House of Osùmàrè (Casa de Òṣùmàrè) in the other side of the Atlantic sea. The cobra that streches Itself through the sky, expanded Itself in the Earth too. Òṣùmàrè gains His kingdom in Bahia.
Salve nosso Rei!
(Hail to our King!)
Ahò! Ahògbógbóyi!
From the series “ORIXÁS” – CASA DE OXUMARÊ
