In Fon-Yoruba tradition, Nana-Buruku is the primordial mother of Oshumare. The rainbow serpent's birth from the ancient earth goddess is described as a miraculous emergence connecting primordial earth to the sky.
Oshumare serves Shango by carrying rainwater to his palace in the sky as the rainbow serpent.
After Oduduwa created the earth, Oshumare the rainbow serpent established the arc connecting the new land to heaven, ensuring water could cycle between Olodumare's sky and Oduduwa's earth.
Oshumare serves Olodumare by transporting water between earth and heaven as the rainbow serpent, maintaining the cosmic rain cycle that sustains all life by Olodumare's decree.
Oshumare the rainbow serpent draws water from Olokun's ocean up to the sky, completing the cosmic water cycle. In Yoruba cosmology, Oshumare's rainbow bridge connects Olokun's depths to Olodumare's heavens.
Oshumare's ori embodies the principle of cyclical transformation, reflecting the rainbow serpent's destiny to perpetually connect heaven and earth. Devotees of Oshumare cultivate ori consciousness attuned to life's cycles.
Oshumare, the rainbow serpent, draws water from Yemoja's ocean to carry to heaven, forming the rainbow that arcs over her waters after storms and maintaining the cosmic cycle of rain that returns to fill her seas.
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