Botanica Rita

Hello my beautiful people! I wanted to share with you our new collection of orisha candles that just arrived. They have 2 wicks, 9 inches tall and burn for 2hrs. So detailed from head to toe. Come visit us from and be the first to choose from our selection.

Today is Tuesday. The God of Iron.

Oggun-Catholic saint is St. Peter whose feast day is Jun. 29th .His colors are green and black and his days are Tuesday and Wednesdays and the 4th of each month. Oggun walks nine paths or caminos. His eleke consist of black and green beads. Among Ogguns favorite foods are: plantains,kola nuts,white beans,palm oil,smoked fish,roosters and toasted corn. His herbs include: pata de gallina, anamu, pimenta negra,gengibre ,romerillo and adormidera to name a few.

Oggun also enjoys rum and ci**rs. Oggun symbolizes raw energy,violence and brute force. He is the orisha of the working man. He lives in the woods which he owns and is constantly at war.
He also works with iron. He is the brother of Chango, Eleggua and Ochosi and as brothers are prone to do they usually fight. Oggun is the patron orisha of policemen,farmers and surgeons. All metals come under his domain. Oggun also protects against accidents which he causes and aids in surgeries. Oggun’s wife is the beautiful Oya who has and continues to have a love affair with Chango. For this reason Chango and Oggun are always at odds with each other and cannot be in the same room together. Although Eleggua is the first orisha to be propitiated it is Oggun who eats first when an animal is sacrificed as he is the knife used in the killing.