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| In Cuba, Aganju is a ] for the practitioners of Santeria/Lucumi religion. But there are no volcanoes in either Cuba nor Yorubaland, nor is Aganju associated with volcanoes among the Yoruba people. However, the Biu Plateau in the highland area of Northeastern Nigeria contains many recently extinct volcanoes. Biu Plateau is about {{convert|360|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=off}} from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria and |
In Cuba, Aganju is a ] for the practitioners of Santeria/Lucumi religion. But there are no volcanoes in either Cuba nor Yorubaland, nor is Aganju associated with volcanoes among the Yoruba people. However, the Biu Plateau in the highland area of Northeastern Nigeria contains many recently extinct volcanoes. Biu Plateau is about {{convert|360|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=off}} from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria and about {{convert|450|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=on}} from Oyo, Nigeria. | ||
| ==Candomblé== | ==Candomblé== | ||
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This article is about the spirit. For the song referring to the spirit, see Bebel Gilberto (album). Deity in several religions| Aganju | |
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| Volcanoes, Wilderness, Desert, River | |
| Member of Orisha | |
| Other names | Aganju |
| Venerated in | Yoruba religion, Umbanda, Candomble, Santeria, Haitian Vodou, Folk Catholicism |
| Region | Nigeria, Benin, Brazil |
| Ethnic group | Yoruba people, Fon people |
| Offspring | Sango |
| Equivalents | |
| Catholic | Saint Christopher |
Aganju (known as Agayú or Aganyú in Spanish speaking counties) is an Orisha. He is syncretized with Saint Christopher in the Cuban religion known as Santería.
Aganju is strongly associated with Shango. In some traditions Aganju is described as Shango's father; in other traditions he is described as Shango's brother. Both Shango and Aganju were, at one time, rulers of Oyo empire who became deified.
Yoruba religion
In the Yoruba areas of Nigeria and Benin Republic, Aganju is known as a deified warrior king from the town of Shaki in the present-day Oyo State of Nigeria. He was said to walk with a sword and is said to fight by shooting fire, as opposed to Sango who fights with thunderstones and lightning. Shaki is in the savannah area of northern Yorubaland that has monoliths and boulder outcroppings.
Santería (Lucumí/Regla de Ocha)
In Cuba, Aganju is a volcano deity for the practitioners of Santeria/Lucumi religion. But there are no volcanoes in either Cuba nor Yorubaland, nor is Aganju associated with volcanoes among the Yoruba people. However, the Biu Plateau in the highland area of Northeastern Nigeria contains many recently extinct volcanoes. Biu Plateau is about 580 kilometres (360 miles) from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria and about 720 km (450 mi) from Oyo, Nigeria.
Candomblé
In the Afro-Brazilian tradition of Candomblé, Aganjú is worshiped as a manifestation or quality of the Orisha Shango, often called Xango Aganjú. Aganjú represents all that is explosive and lacking control. He is also nicknamed "Xangô menino" among Candomblé practitioners.
Further reading
- Montenegro, Carlos."The Orta Family: Terror, Extortion and the Birth of the American Cuban Mafia and the Santeria Con Game", Havana Publications, 2009.
- Montenegro, Carlos, "Mafioso. A history of the Orta Family and the Santeria Mafia Experience from its origins to the present day", London: Ifa Books, 2006
- Jo Anna Hunter. Ìyánifá Ọmó̩tinúwẹ̀, “My Journey to Aganjú: The Orisa so Hard to Find “ BlackMadonnaEnterprises.com and Oro Pataki Aganju: A Cross Cultural Approach Towards the Understanding of the Fundamentos of the Orisa Aganju in Nigeria and Cuba, In Orisa Yoruba God and Spiritual Identity in Africa and the Diaspora, edited by Toyin Falola, Ann Genova. New Jersey: Africa World Press, Inc.
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