OSHUNMARE
Yoruba Rainbow Spirit 🌈
Also known as Osumare
The Rainbow Serpent
Did you know that whenever you see a rainbow, it’s actually a multicolored snake spirit stretching strangely across the sky? Well, it is. We hope that alters your whole perspective on the world.
Oshunmare is one of the Orishas. He can reach so far across the sky that he managed to reach Brazil and elsewhere to become the colorful Vodou fertility spirit Aida-Wedo.
Oshunmare Facts and Figures
Name: Oshunmare
Pronunciation: Coming soon
Alternative names: Osumare
Gender: Male
Type: Spirit
Area or people: Yoruba people of Nigeria and Benin
Celebration or Feast Day: Unknown at present
Role: 🌈
In charge of: Rainbows
Area of expertise: Rainbows
Good/Evil Rating: OKAY, not bad
Popularity index: 10921
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Article last revised on May 19, 2019 by the Godchecker data dwarves.
Editors: Peter J. Allen, Chas Saunders
References: Coming soon.