![]() Ochún is considered to be the most beautiful of the female Orichás. Once her job is done, she usually loses interest and hands over the child rearing to her more maternal sister. She inspires sexual love and promotes fertility. Ochún is the seductive and sensual Orichá who makes sure babies are conceived. Yemayá is a mature, motherly type who watches over children and protects babies in the womb. Yemayá and Ochún have a close relationship and often work together, especially in issues related to romance, marriage, and motherhood. From that point on, the rivers belonged to Ochún and the ocean to Yemayá. ![]() Yemayá took Ochún under her protection, and gave the rivers to her so she could have her own kingdom. But one day when Ogún was hotly pursuing Ochún across the fields and forests, the young Orichá fell into the river and was dragged away by whirlpools. ![]() Originally all the waters on earth belonged to Yemayá, who is Ochún's older sister (or, in some stories, her mother). Ochún is the Orichá of love, and her seductive and sensual power encapsulates the feminine ideal. ![]() So, he created Ochún and sent her to earth to cultivate those qualities in others. He realized something was missing: sweetness and love, the two things that would make live worth living. When Olodumare finished creating the earth, he sat back and contemplated his work. Ochún (Oshún) is the youngest of all the Orichás, according to most patakís (sacred stories).
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