questioneverythingevenyourself

"In Egyptian cosmogony, for instance, Hathor–the divinity of joy, love, fertility and childbirth and the protector of women–is the divine daughter referred to as The Eye of God (Obenga 2004: 176). In turbulent moments she wields a dreaded incarnate power that transforms her into Sekhmet.⁸ This dual creator/destroyer identity of Hathor can be found in the Yoruba divinity Òsun,⁹ whose distinguishing traits are preserved in the sacred texts of the ancient Odù Ifá divination system that go back to remote antiquity.

Like Hathor, she possesses a special relationship to Olódùmarè, the Supreme Creator Force and an equally dreaded power known as Àjé, which she uses to destroy violators. Although Òsun is the sole female divinity among 16 male divinities, she is the one that ‘the Creator-God placed all the good things on earth in [her] charge making her “the vital source”’ of life. Known as ‘the source’, this archetypal female ‘conduit through which all life flows’ and epitome of sensuality and sexual pleasure. Taken from "African Sexualities: A Reader" "‪#‎Maferun‬ Osun ‪#‎Good‬ morning.