LOGUN EDE

Spirit of beauty and the hunt

Logun Ede, also written Logunedé or Logum Edé, is an orisha of the Yoruba religion, particularly honoured in Brazilian Candomblé and other Afro-diasporic traditions. Tradition makes him the son of Oxum, orisha of the rivers, and of Erinle, called Oxóssi the hunter in the Brazilian cult. From his parents he inherits the beauty, gentleness and wisdom of the waters as well as the skill and abundance of the hunt. His best-known figure is his double nature. It is told that he lives six months in the river with his mother, feeding on fish, and six months in the forest with his father, feeding on game. Certain oral traditions lend him a nature uniting the masculine and feminine polarities. A prince renowned for his youth and his wealth, he is associated with symbols such as the seahorse, offered by his grandmother Yemanja, the peacock, the mirror abebé, the bow and arrow ofá, and golden adornments. His origin is situated in the region of Ilesa, in Nigeria, where annual festivals are consecrated to him. He embodies the balance between sensitivity and ardour, between the water and the forest.