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Oko
Agriculture, Farming, Fertility
Member of Orisha
Representation of Oko by Carybé, Museu Afro-Brasileiro, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Other names	Ocó, Òrìṣàokó
Venerated in	Yoruba religion, Dahomey mythology, Vodun, Santería, Candomblé
Color	red , and white
Region	Nigeria, Benin, Latin America
Ethnic group	Yoruba people, Fon people

Oko, also known as Ocô in Brazil, ^{[1] [2] [3]} was an Orisha. ^[4] In Nigeria and the Benin Republic, he was a strong hunter and farming deity, as well as a fighter against sorcery. He was associated with the annual new harvest of the white African yam. Among the deities, he was considered a close friend of Oosa, Ogiyan and Shango, as well as a one-time husband of Oya and Yemoja. Bees are said to be the messengers of Oko. ^[5]

In Brazilian Candomblé, he represents one of the Orishas of agriculture, together with Ogum. ^[6] According to Prandi, Oko songs and myths are remembered, but their presence in celebrations is rare. ^[7] In his representation, he had a wooden staff, played a flute of bones, and wore white. ^[8] Oko is syncretized with Saint Isidore among Cuban orisha practitioners of Santería (Lucumí) and Regla de Ocha. ^{[9] [10]}

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References

• Prandi, Reginaldo (2017). Aimó: Uma viagem pelo mundo dos orixás (in Portuguese). Editora Seguinte. p. 200. ISBN  978-8543809670.
• Amado, Jorge (2012). Bahia de Todos-os-Santos (in Portuguese). Companhia das Letras. p. 400. ISBN  978-8580864298.
• Boletim trimestral (in Portuguese). Comissão Catarinense de Folclore, Instituto Brasileiro de Educação, Ciência e Cultura. 1953. p. 118.
• Espaço-Orixá-Sociedade: arquitetura e liturgia do candomblé (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Ianamá. 2004. p. 84. ISBN  8585151013.
• Vogel, Susan Mulli (1981). For Spirits and Kings: African Art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman Collection. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, NY. p. 256. ISBN  0870992678.
• Adeoye, C. L. (1989). Ìgbàgbọ́ àti ẹ̀sìn Yorùbá (in Yoruba). Ibadan: Evans Bros. Nigeria Publishers. pp. 270–279. ISBN  9781675098.
• Marra, Sandrino Luigi; Grassi, Valentina. QUEL CHE RESTA DEL VODU. Lulu.com. ISBN  9781326334086.
• De La Torre, Miguel A. (2004). Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America (in Spanish). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 246. ISBN  0802849733.
• Prandi, J. Reginaldo (2005). Segredos guardados (in Portuguese). Companhia das Letras. p. 328. ISBN  9788535906271.

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