Shango by Eleandras

Poser • Mythology • posted on Oct 05, 2009

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Photoshop and Poser Credits:Daz Michael 3.0 Daz Woodland Defenders A little about Shango from Wikipedia In Yorùbá religion, Sàngó ( also spelled, Sango or Shango, often known as Xangô or Changó in Latin America and the Caribbean, and also known as Jakuta[1]) is perhaps the most popular Orisha; he is a Sky Father, god of thunder and lightning. Sango was a royal ancestor of the Yoruba as he was the third king of the Oyo Kingdom. In the Lukumí (Olokun mi = "my dear one") religion of the Caribbean, Shango is considered the center point of the religion as he represents the Oyo people of West Africa. The Oyo Kingdom was sacked and pillaged as part of a jihad by the Islamic Sokoto Caliphate. All the major initiation ceremonies (as performed in Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela for the last few hundred years) are based on the traditional Shango ceremony of Ancient Oyo. This ceremony survived the Middle Passage and is considered to be the most complete to have arrived on Western shores. This variation of the Yoruba initiation ceremony became the basis of all Orisha initiations in the West. The energy given from this Deity of Thunder is also a major symbol of African resistance against an enslaving European culture. He rules the color red and white; his sacred number is 6; his symbol is the oshe (double-headed axe), which represents swift and balanced justice. His dominance is over male sexuality and human vitality, in general. He is owner of the Bata (3 double-headed drums), as well as the Arts of Music, Dance and Entertainment. Shango can be deduced, in some regards, to be the essence of "strategy" (logic and passion drawn and fashioned precisely to achieve some end).

Comments (13)

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bimm3d

11:22PM | Mon, 05 October 2009

great pose and effect!!!!!!! wonderful scene!!!!!!!!

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shadownet

1:30AM | Tue, 06 October 2009

Nice work. Found the information on Shango very interesting. Great job!

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Briney

2:12AM | Tue, 06 October 2009

I really like it. One suggestion though- if you shone some blue-white lights (representing the lightning flashes etc) on the figure in Poser, and upped the highlight value on the skin texture a bit it could add more shine to the figure and set it apart from the blue background...

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Arrogathor

6:31AM | Tue, 06 October 2009

Sounds a lot like Thor, who was identified with Zeus and Jupiter. All thunder gods. Odin was identified with Mercury. Odd the different status of the same deities. It has been years since I read a book on Yoruba Myths and Legends, I don't really recall Shanga. Still Shanga sounds much more formidable than Thor. Braggi had song, Tir was god of War, Odin foresight and strategy. Thor was quite simple really. Still, like Odin and Zeus a male sexual deity, a god of Thunder.

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