ṢANGÓ - One of the 401 Mispercieved ÍRUNMO̩LẸ Force

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SANGO (JAKUTA): ONE OF THE 401 MISUNDERSTOOD ANCIENT DEITIES (ÍRUNMO̩LẸs)

An atheist posted the picture below which had a caption that mocked Christianity by equating their central figure with 'Thor' - the God of Thunder in Norse mythology. I felt compelled to write the following explanation below:

There is one more important Irunmo̩le̩ among the 401 Oris̩as called 'S̩angó' whom my people in their scholarly bid to correspond S̩angó
with the Norse-Greco-Roman concept of a god-of-this-and-that unknowingly misinterpreted S̩angó as the Yoruban equivalent of a god of thunder like they have Thor, Zeus etc. FALSEHOOD!!!!

S̩angó the Oris̩a is different but much often mistaken with S̩angó the Alafin (Alafin is a kingship title specific to the mid-ancient Ọyo̩s tribes), both of whom I maintain are neither a God of Thunder. It's a misnomer.

S̩angó is actually an attainable force of nature that encompasses all things that pertains to retribution, vengeance and justice, a force of reckoning which my ancient Yoruba ancestors personified into the deity S̩angó as once attained by an Alafin known as JAKUTA. This divinistic force of revenge and justice called S̩angó manifest itself as thunder and lightening while the Alafin who once assumed it is reputed to mouth out fiery flames when he is in a state of aggravation.

Likewise, in a bid to side-lock ours with European mythological concept is the popular misconception of 'Ogun'.  I maintain that Ogun is another prominent force of nature personified into a deity to preside over matters of warfare and all things metallic. Ogun manifest its essence in all the various forms of technology, from the electro-mechanical to the metaphysical based ones whose efficacy I investigate scientifically as researcher.

NB: In Yoruba cosmogony Ogun also played an important part in the making of Eniyan (Humans) and has an higher ranking to S̩angó. S̩angó force can be neutralized when tasked on a retributive or theft recovery mission by S̩angó mystagogues while Ogun is an extra-dangerous force if when charged on a similar tasks is irreversible.

The object in the image on the right is an ordinary carving that may seem like a cultural artifact to any skeptic but when energized through an esoteric process by the S̩angó mystagogues becomes a powerful tools to which S̩angó manifestation as thunder and lightening can be wield. It is called an Osè S̩angó which is quite similar to the mythical mallet 'Mjölnir' used by Thor of the Norse mythology which is still just as mythical as it can be because nothing extra-ordinary to prove about it their today. Hence, reason why I argue Indo-European-Asiatic myths are derived from ours over thousands of years. Few authors such 'Naiwoh Osahon' who wrote 'God Is Black' stressed this fact.

Everyone should please take note that it is wrong to underscore our Yoruba belief systems as 'Myths' or 'Mythology' because by the definition of myths - they are neither true or false, but tales, fables and legends that are rich in plot, intrigues, morals, lessons etc which are peculiar to specific cultures of the world whereas ours here are far more than that in the sense that any of our 400 Oris̩as from the Irunmo̩le̩-401 can be what I call CONTACTIVATED upon a given task or request or simply put 'the energization of a natural force in order to yield a given result which ofcourse  depending on the task each of the 400 Oris̩as are departmentalized into within the Yoruba pantheon.

I am not trying to convert anyone to my polytheistic believe system of Ifa - Orisha way of life. I am just trying to educate those who might have heard one or two things concerning this subject but get it twisted or confused.

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