Oko (orisha)

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Oko
Agriculture, Farming, Fertility
Member of Orisha
Representation of Oko by Carybé, Museu Afro-Brasileiro, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Other names	Ocó, Òrìṣàokó
Venerated in	Yoruba religion, Dahomey mythology, Vodun, Santería, Candomblé
Color	Black
Region	Nigeria, Benin, Latin America
Ethnic group	Yoruba people, Fon people

Okó, also known in Brazil as Ocô,^[1][2][3] is an Orisha.^[4] In Nigeria and the Benin Republic, he is a strong hunter & farming deity as well as a fighter against sorcery. He is associated with the annual new harvest of the white African yam. Among the deities, he is considered a close friend of Oosa Ogiyan and Shango, as well as at one time husband of Oya and Yemoja. Bees are considered the messengers of Oko.^[5]

In Brazilian Candomblé, he represents one of the Orisha of agriculture, together with Ogum.^[6] According to Prandi, Oko songs and myths are remembered, but the presence in celebrations is rare.^[7] In his representation, he has a wooden staff, plays a flute of bones and wears white.^[8]

Oko is syncretized with Saint Isidore among Cuban orisha practitioners of Santería (Lucumí) and Regla de Ocha.^[9][10]

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• Prandi, Reginaldo (2017). Aimó: Uma viagem pelo mundo dos orixás (in Portuguese). . p. 200. ISBN 978-8543809670.
• Amado, Jorge (2012). Bahia de Todos-os-Santos (in Portuguese). Companhia das Letras. p. 400. ISBN 978-8580864298.
• Boletim trimestral (in Portuguese). Comissão Catarinense de Folclore, . 1953. p. 118.
• Espaço-Orixá-Sociedade: arquitetura e liturgia do candomblé (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Ianamá. 2004. p. 84. ISBN 8585151013.
• Vogel, Susan Mulli (1981). For Spirits and Kings: African Art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman Collection. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, NY. p. 256. ISBN 0870992678.
• Adeoye, C. L. (1989). Ìgbàgbọ́ àti ẹ̀sìn Yorùbá (in Yoruba). Ibadan: Evans Bros. Nigeria Publishers. pp. 270–279. ISBN 9781675098.
• Marra, Sandrino Luigi; Grassi, Valentina. QUEL CHE RESTA DEL VODU. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781326334086.
• De La Torre, Miguel A. (2004). Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America (in Spanish). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 246. ISBN 0802849733.
• Prandi, J. Reginaldo (2005). Segredos guardados (in Portuguese). Companhia das Letras. p. 328. ISBN 9788535906271.

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