Logun Ede- Yoruba GodDeity"Prince of the Orishas"
Also known as: Logunedé and Laro
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Description
Born of a secret love between Oshun and Erinle that the other orishas never sanctioned, Logun-Ede was raised between two worlds: fishing his mother's rivers half the year, hunting his father's forests the other. The most beautiful of all orishas, he shifts fluidly between his parents' natures.
Mythology & Lore
Child of Forbidden Love
Oshun and Erinle conducted their affair in secret, for their union was not sanctioned by the other orishas. When the child was born, his parentage had to be concealed. Logun-Ede grew up knowing two homes but belonging fully to neither: six months fishing the rivers with Oshun, six months hunting the woods with Erinle.
The most beautiful of the orishas, Logun-Ede inherited Oshun's allure and Erinle's strength. He carries his mother's mirror and his father's bow. In some traditions his fluidity extends to gender itself. He shifts between masculine and feminine, or embodies both at once.
Between River and Forest
When he dwells in the river, Oshun's nature rises in him: charm, grace, the pull of flowing water. When he moves to the forest, Erinle's takes hold: alertness, discipline, the stillness before the arrow flies. He is the princely youth who never ages past the peak of beauty, the child of forbidden love who found his power in the space between his parents' worlds.