Oro Iña continued to create land with her anger as the hen continued to create the island of sand. Between them both they populated the earth with land and sand. Oro's hot temper

caused all the water to evaporate. This evaporation created another element to be born, an imaginary border. This border is unseen to the human eye, but it identifies where Oro (earth) ends and where the heavens begin. Oro Iña came to realize that through her angered emotion, she was able to give birth to 2 Orichas (elements). Oro realised the beauty of her births. Today they are known as the ozone layer and the atmosphere. She understood that her birth beings were different from the Irunmoles and that her existence was indeed a beauty like no other. Oro was the first "Mother of Elements' '. She was so intrigued that she promised Olodumare that she will try to control her emotions of fury. Oro will try to have self control and only when necessary will she let her emotions be seen (erupt) upon the wishes of Olodumare. Oro has kept her promise to Olodumare to the best of her ability, but now and then her emotions are revealed with the activity of life on her. Oro was not just made up of land and sand but gave birth to the first elements. Oro was smiling at Olodumare. She watched as her newborns displayed their beauty. A beauty and love only a mother can understand.

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So now Orisha Oro was Entertained with her children. The world became a beautiful sight. (remember there is no water). With water evaporating so quickly, the Orisha of the atmosphere was created. Olodumare already had spoken to Obatala and were creating orishas to visit Oro (Earth) the creation that the Hen and Oro had manifested. Orodumarle became very determined to visit his Orisha oro. Olodumare is so humongous and powerful that his identity is greater than the universe itself. How was he going to visit Oro?. The only way was to create another Orisha that would take a form of no other but a spiritual one and small enough to visit Oro. The Orish created was given the name "Oddua/Oduduwa ''.  "Oddua'' would have a small portion of Olodumare's spirit and he would be able to spiritually act as Olodumare on earth. Now you will read and hear that Oddua created the beginning and end of earth. You will also hear that Oddua holds the secrets to death. This is true but we must keep focus that at this time there were only creations and births of the Orishas. Death did not exist. Oddua is another form of Olodumare created to spiritually walk and visit Oro and to observe her growth and beauty. Oddua is said to have given shape to the world but it won't be hard to understand if you take into consideration that Olodumare is Oddua. Oddua is .0000000001 percent of Olodumare. In Myth you will hear that oddua shaped the earth on the highest mountain. This is a myth, due to the fact that earth was just round and the mountains had not yet been created. Common sense gives you the answers.

Olodumare now as a spiritual giant visits oro and walks north towards south and then walks east to west. As he walks east to west at a constant pace he creates the rotation of the earth. As you watch Oro spinning on her Axis you will see that it appears as if someone is walking on a treadmill. As Oddua continues to walk with speed he creates even more Orishas. One of the greatest Orishas is "Oya”, the orisha of wind. This is her true birth identity. Now you will hear lots of patakis about OYA but this is who Oya really is, the Orisha of Wind!! As Oya is created, Olodumare, just like a child, loves the wind and begins to walk faster. The faster he walked the more powerful Oya became. He also noticed that Oya was very forceful as she was able to move Oddua from his straight path. Oya was also able to duplicate herself and cause different changes on oro. As he observed Oya growing in strength he realised that she can easily get out of control. As Oddua starts to slow his pace he observes that Oya starts to also lose strength. So he begins to walk so slow that oya loses her strength and becomes a small breeze to Oddua, but to man oya’s winds were up to 360 miles per hour. Oddua now asks Oro to help him control Oya. Oro also asks her children the atmosphere and ozone layer to help control Oya from leaving earth and head towards the heavens with such force. If Oya was able to move Oddua, imagine the chaos she can cause in the heavens.  As Oddua continued walking around and exploring Oro, Oro shouted out to Oddua, you have created lines around me, what is this? Oddua walking around Oro created an imaginary path of his walk. The main path of his walk is now known as the Equator.  The other lines are known today as longitude and latitude. These lines were caused when Oya pushed him away from his main path. In Lucumi tradition Oddua’s name means Longitude or Longevity. Now to also clear a myth you will hear that Oddua was the first man. He was not, remember Oddua took the identity of a spirit, not as a man.  There is only one path that took the spirit of Olodumare as a man on earth. To be seen in the heavens and earth, and you should know who he is, Obatalla.

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