- Rupi Kaur, the sun and her flowers

keep seeing Temu ads on here so just to share cause idk if people are widely aware

EDIT TO ADD: here’s a snopes article some lovely people have been reblogging with. imo it essentially confirms the claims made above but always do your own research and decide for yourself - i’m just a person in the internet. ALSO just to clarify i absolutely do not support or participate in sinophobia - the app could be from the moon for all i care i shared to make people aware of its aggressive data mining (something which apps from all countries can and have been guilty of)

-miriam adeney

work song, hozier

African Deities

For all the African witchies here.

Abassi - Creator and Lord of the Sky (Nigerian)

Abuk - Goddess of women and gardens (Sudan)

Achimi - Buffalo Goddess (Algeria)

Adro - God of Destruction (Uganda)

Adroa - God of Creation (Uganda)

Ahia-Njoku - Goddess of Agriculture and Farming (Nigeria)

Aje-Shaluga - God of Riches (Nigeria)

Ajok - Rain God (Sudan)

Akongo - Creator God (Congo)

Ala - Fertility Goddess of the Earth (Nigeria)

Alouroua - Creator God (Ghana)

Amma - Creator of the Universe and Sky (Mali)

Anansi - Trickster God (West Africa)

Andriamahilala - Goddess of the Moon (Madagascar)

Asa - God of Protection (Kenya)

Atai - Creator Goddess (Nigeria)

Babalu-Aye - God of Healing (Nigeria)

Banga - God of Water (Congo and Central Africa)

Bomazi - God of Ancestors (Congo)

Buk - Goddess of Rivers and Streams (Sudan)

Buku - God of the Skies (West Africa)

Bumba - God of Creation (Congo)

Cagn - God of Transformation (Kalahari)

Candit - River Goddess (Sudan)

Chedi-Bumba - God of Birds (Congo)

Chiuta - Rain God (Malawi)

Chonganda - God of Vegetation (Congo)

Chuku - God of Creation (Nigeria)

Dada - God of Abundance (Nigeria)

Deng - Creator God (Sudan)

Ditaolane - Hero God (Lesotho)

Domfe - God of the Wind (Kurumba)

Dongo - God of Thunder (Songhai)

Dziva - Creator Goddess (Zimbabwe)

Ebore - Sky God (Nigeria)

Edinkira - Goddess of the Trees (Africa)

Egungun-Oya - Goddess of Divination (Nigeria)

Evus - God of Mayem (Gabon)

Elegua - God of Mischief (Nigeria)

Elusu - Goddess of Water (Africa)

Engai - God of the Skies (Kenya)

Enekpe - Goddess of Fate (Africa)

Eseasar - Goddess of the Earth (Nigeria)

Eshu - Trickster God (Nigeria)

Fa - God of Fate (Nigeria)

Faro - God of Creation (Mali)

Gamab - God of Death (Namibia)

Gaunab - God of Evil (South Africa)

Ghekre - God of Judgement (Ivory Coast)

Gu - Blacksmith God (Benin)

Heitsi-Eibib - God of Nature (South Africa)

Haiuri - God of the Underworld (South Africa)

Hare - Trickster God (Nigeria)

Huveane - God of Creation (Lesotho)

Hyel - Supreme God (Nigeria)

Imana - Creator God (Rwanda)

Itherther - Buffalo God (Algeria)

Jakuta - God of Lightening (Nigeria)

Jok - Rain God (Uganda)

Juok - Creator God (Sudan)

Kaang - God of Creation (Botswana)

Kabundungulu - Heroic God (Angola)

Kaka-Guie - Death God (Ivory Coast)

Kalumba - God of Creation (Congo)

Kanu - God of Creation (Guinea)

Katonda - Creator God (Uganda)

Khonvoum - Creator God (East Africa)

Khuzwane - God of Populating (South Africa)

Kwoth - God of the Mysterious (Sudan)

Le-Eyo - God of Death (East Africa)

Legba - God of Mayhem (Benin)

Leza - Rain God (South Africa)

Libanza - God of Creation (Congo)

Maori - God of Creation (Zimbabwe)

Massim-Biambe - God of Reincarnation (Congo)

Mawu-Lisa - Unisex Double Gods of Creation (Benin)

Mbaba-Mwanna-Waresa - Goddess of Beer (South Africa)

Mbere - God of Creation (Congo)

Mbokomu - Goddess of Ancestry (Congo)

Mboya - Goddess of Motherhood and Fertility (Congo)

Mebeghe - God of Creation (Gabon)

Minga-Bengale - God of the Hunt (Africa)

Minona - Goddess of Prophecy and Divination (Benin)

Modimo - God of Creation (South Africa)

Morimi - Goddess of Fire (Nigerians)

Muluku - Creator God (Zambesi)

Mulungu - God of Creation (Tanzania)

Musso-Koroni - Goddess of Discord (Mali)

Mwambwa - Goddess of Lust and Desire (Namibia)

Mwari - Unisex Creator Gods (Zimbabwe)

Nasilele - Goddess of Creation (Zambesi)

Nzame - God of Creation (Congo)

Njambi - God of Creation (Namibia)

Ndriananahary - God of Creation (Madagascar and Nigeria)

Ngai - Creator God (Kenya)

Ngewo-Wa - God of Creation (Sierra Leone)

Nyalitch - Supreme God (Sudan)

Nimba - Fertility Goddess (Guinea)

Ninepone - Fertility Goddess (Gabon)

Nommo - Unisex Gods of All (Mali)

None - God of Populating (Gabon)

Nyaliep - Goddess of the River (Sudan)

Nyambe - God of Creation (Zambesi)

Nyame - Supreme God (Ghana)

Nyaminyami - God of Streams and Rivers (Zambesi)

Nyankopon - Supreme God (Ghana)

Nyiko - Hero God (Cameroon)

Nyokonan - God of Spiders (Cameroon)

Nyonye-Ngana - God of Ants (Congo)

Obassi-Osaw - God of Creation (Nigeria)

Obatala - God of Purity (Nigeria)

Ochosi - God of the Hunt (Nigeria)

Odomankomo - Creator God (Ghana)

Odudua - Goddess of the Earth (Nigeria)

Ogo - God of Mischief (Mali)

Ogun - God of Weaponry (Nigeria)

Oko - God of Farming and Agriculture (Nigeria)

Olorun - Supreme God (Nigeria)

Olokun - God of the Seas (Nigeria)

Onile - Goddess of Blacksmithing (Nigeria)

Orunmila - God of Wisdom (Nigeria)

Osanyin - God of Vegetation (Nigeria)

Oshe - God of Storms (Nigeria)

Oshun - Goddess of Love (Nigeria)

Oya - Goddess of Destruction (Nigeria)

Qamata - God of Creation (South Africa)

Rugaba - Creator God (Uganda)

Ruhanga - God of Creation (Uganda)

Ruwa - God of Creation (Kilimanjaro)

Sagbata - God of the Earth (Benin)

Sakarabru - God of Justice (Guinea)

Shadipinyi - Drunken God (Namibia)

Shakpana - God of Disease (Namibia)

She - God of Thunder (Nigeria)

Soko - Supreme God (Nigeria)

Somtup - God of Masculinity (Guinea)

Sopona - God of Disease (Nigeria)

Sudika-Mbambi - God of Thunder (Angola)

Thixo - Sun God (South Africa)

Tilo - Creator God (Zambia and Malawi)

Tore - God of the Hunt (Zaire)

Tsetse-Bumba - Goddess of Lightning (Congo)

Uhlanga - Swamp Goddess (South Africa)

Umvelinqangi - Creator God (South Africa)

Unkulunkulu - Creator God (South Africa)

Waaqa - Supreme God (Ethiopia)

Woyengi - Goddess of Population (Nigeria)

Wulbari - Ruling God (West Africa)

Wuni - Creator God (Ghana)

Yansan - Goddess of the Wind (Nigeria)

Yasigi - Goddess of the Festival (Mali)

Yeban - God of the Underworld (Mali)

Yurugu - God of Chaos (Mali)

Zanahary - Unisex Creator Goddess (Madagascar)

Okay so I need to clarify some of these deities because many of them are waaaay to generalized. Especially in Nigeria. There are over 210 ethnic groups within Nigeria and many of these Nigerian deities don’t belong to the same groups. Many of them are not called gods, they are called Òrìṣà (Orisha) and they belong to the religious practices of my ancestors, the Yoruba. They are:

• Aje: female Òrìṣà of wealth and prsoeperity

• Babaluaye (traditional name O̩balúayé): male Òrìṣà of pestilence and disease, as well as healing

• Egungun (sometimes just called Egun): embodiment of our ancestors spririts and guidance (Ọya is a sesperate Òrìṣà who guards and nurtures Egungun; see Ọya)

•Èṣù-Elegba: You have this Òrìṣà listed as two separate deities, Eshu and Elegua, when in reality, they are two aspect of the same Òrìṣà. Elegua is the name for this deity only in Santeria. His traditional Yoruba name is Elegba, Èṣu (Eshu), or Èṣù-Elegba. He is the Òrìṣà of the crossroads, keeper of às̩e̩, and the trickster.

• Obatala: Male Òrìṣà of purity, of justice, and of the white clothe. The creator of humans.

• Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì (Ochosi): Male Òrìṣà of the hunt and of the wilds

• Oduduwa: NOT a goddess, a male Òrìṣà. He is the creator of land and the earth. The first to come from heaven to the earth. Personified in our ancestor, Oduduwa, who was an actual living being.

• Ògún: Male Òrìṣà of war, of technology, and of iron.

• Oko: the Òrìṣà of agriculture and the harvest.

• Olorun: The supreme Creator of the universe; father of all Òrìṣà. Also called the sky father.

• Olokun: androgynous Òrìṣà of the deep ocean, secrets, and prosperity

• Orunmila: Òrìṣà of wisdom, divination, and foresight; manifested in Orunmila, an actual living prophet of the Yoruba

• Ọ̀sanyìn: male Òrìṣà of the forest and of herbs

• Ọṣun: Morher Òrìṣà of freshwater rivers, love, beauty, and fertility.

• Ọya: To say that Ọya is simply the goddess of destruction is an egregious oversimplification. Ọya is the Òrìṣà of violent storms, winds, and transformation, not destruction. What is destroyed clears the way for new and better growth. She is a warrior Òrìṣà who protects the resting place of our ancestors. You’ve also separated Ọya from her other name, Yansan. Yansan is simply the name given to Ọya in the African diaspora. They are the same deity.

• Shakpana: Male Òrìṣà of Small Pox

Excluded from your list but very prominent Òrìṣà in the Yoruba tradition are:

•Aganjú: Òrìṣà is desserts and volcanic activity; father/brother to Ṣàngó)

• Erinle: male Òrìṣà of physical fitness, health, and medince

• Ibeji: The sacred twins

• Ọbá: female Òrìṣà of marriage and domesticity

• Òṣùmàrè (Oshumare): The androgynous Òrìṣà of direct action and movement; the Òrìṣà of the “Kundalini”; guardian of children and controller of the umbilical cord

• Orí: literally means head; the metaphysical manifestation of ones destiny and spiritual intuition.

• Ṣàngó (Shango): The male Òrìṣà of fire and thunder (you have oshe listed as a god in your list, whereas Oshe is the name given to the double sided axe that Ṣàngó carries); manifest in a once living Yoruba king, Ṣàngó.

• Yemọja: the mother of all Òrìṣà, the Òrìṣà of salt water lakes, the ocean, motherhood, and the womb.

Most of the Òrìṣà in your list are oversimplified and misgendered, and simply putting (Nigeria) next to them doesn’t denote the cultural practice they belong to, the Yoruba. Not all Nigerians revere the Òrìṣà, as not all Nigerians are Yoruba.

I’d like to remind anyone reading this list that the Òrìṣà are the deities of a CLOSED religion of the Yoruba people and other Yoruba-based traditions (i.e. Santeria). If you wish to invoke their names and aspects you must be initiated. At the very least, research them so that you don’t oversimplify or generalize them. To do otherwise is to appropriate my culture.

-Às̩e̩

I was shaking my head at first but in came the next reblog.

Almost all these spirits are closed off and most of them are not gods. There is no paganism in Africa, nor the diaspora. Dont bastardize our religions with western concepts if religion.

Do you know what paganism is? Paganism is a term used for religions other than Christianity. I made this post using sources off the internet. When people messaged me to correct me and positively educate me on what I did not know I corrected it. Do not accuse me of bastardizing religion. I wrote the post out of interest of the country I LIVE IN

Im aware what paganism is. Paganism in antiquity was used to refer to polytheistic Roman traditions. Neo-Paganism and the Neo-Pagan movement, which is the context Paganism is used now, is also referring to Polytheistic REVITALIZED religions aka dead religions being reconstructed. So before you try to read lets get some shit together.

You living in Africa which is what youre implying I assume, dont mean shit. The indigenous religions in Africa and the diaspora, because if you didnt know, African religious traditions were preserved acrosd the atlantic in religious like Santéria/Lucumí, Haitian Vodou, Dominican 21 Divisions, Puerto Rican Espiritismo, Umbanda, Candomble, Macumba, Quimbanda, Palenque, Arara, Abakua, Kumina, Trinidad Orisha, Hoodoo, Louisiana Voodoo, Palo Mayombe, Obeah, etc etc the list goes on, and many of these religions roots still exist and are practiced in Africa by indigenous groups. Guess what they all have in common? THEYRE MONOTHEISTIC. THEY BELIEVE IN ONE GOD! Whether it be Olodumare, Nzambi, Bondye, Chukwu, Papa Buen Dios, El Todopoderoso, or whatever other title Africans and African descendants have for God or Source. Most of what you listed, are ancestral spirits. I would know, I was raised in Puerto Rican Espiritismo, and I have multiple family members scratched in Palo Mayombe(they worship Nzambi.) So please, dont get salty when I correct your misinformed posts about shit you know nothing about. Calling our religions that have been preserved and still being practiced just as our ancestors did, Pagan is offensive. Most people who practice these religions, still practice Catholicism and Christianity, because they often see no conflict in their beliefs as they only worship one God. We venerate ancestral spirits, we do not worship them. You are bastardizing our religions. Stay in your lane.

Following up on what the lovely @mulatt-hoe has to say, for you to be South African (saw on your blog) I am assuming that you are of European descent. Correct me if I’m wrong. However South African people that aren’t of African descent have no right to generalize the culture of those who were there way before you. Also, you don’t just have access to these cultures because you live there.

That being said, it is obvious that you were ignorant to the sacred nature of not only the amazing Orisha, but also about how African tribes celebrate so many different deities/ancestral spirits/elementals that it can’t be generalized into an all “African” thing. This is a strong indicator that you and your ancestors are far removed from African Spiritualism, seeing as those beliefs are still alive and modern and very prevalent in African society, and you would’ve already known this basic information. Also meaning, you can’t consider yourself the same as other Africans because you would’ve been raised with the knowledge of your own society. Africa didn’t kill all their sacred religions like Europe did, they still exist, therefore they aren’t pagan in anyway. So, I would argue that you don’t have access to these deities unless initiated into the religions by authentic practicioners.

By making this post you not only could’ve misled those of African descent seeking to work with the spirits and Orishas, but you left it open for people not of African descent (and yes that includes European South Africans) to think they could venerate or invoke these ancestral spirits willy-nilly like many people here do with Norse & Greek deities. You’re setting both parties up for destruction. A quick google search doesn’t make you qualified to inform the world of your incorrect findings.

Remember, that South Africa was invaded by Europeans who didn’t live there and then asserted themselves into the culture without permission. They are not inherently or even ancestrally attached to African Spirituality. South African Europeans have also committed immense atrocities to the African people. All of this means you had no right to make this post out of sheer “interest” and you arguably have no right to use/invoke these powerful spirits in your belief or your witchcraft. You can still, if you’d like, but I don’t think you’ll like how they feel about it or about what your ancestors have done.

There is no such thing as White African. You cannot claim heritage to a continent your ancestors massacred their way into.

Damn. This reblog chain just got better and better. Had to reblog for the new additions :)

Ooof these are all my feels when seeing Orisha or Lwa on a pagan post and it is so fucking refreshing to see someone lay it out like this.

feliz día de la independencia!!

I love how her smile just went supernova when he started singing!!

….i forgot i drew this i love this sm

You came, as expected.

BEEF episode 8 “The Drama of Original Choice” (2023) dir. Jake Schreier

Every mikey hairstyle shown in anime😍😍 HE LOOKS SO GOOD!

napping w Lu✨

He’s so pretty :(

bakugou’s apology (english dub)

*cries* clifford nailed this scene, the music just adds to this amazing and impactful scene.

say you wanna ride kaku’s nose and no one bats an eye, but say you wanna ride usopp’s nose and suddenly you’re a global level threat who needs to be put in a jail under the jail

YUYU HAKUSHO | NEW ILLUSTRATION

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there’s just something about alabasta seven>>>>

When usopp was still a dark skin(ish) >>>> my boy is the color of chocolate milk and you can't tell me otherwise

when these three still had colour>>>> 😞😞😞