Owl (pocketowl) wrote, @ 2003-07-10 22:49:00

BORED...




Do you experience love as a sensual journey? If so, that might be because seductive Oshun has seeped into your heart and soul. Oshun is a West-African orisha--a Santerian goddess who rules over fresh water and sweet honey, and embodies love and fertility.
According to two myths, Oshun is known for saving the world. In one, she is embodied as a peacock that flies to the heavens to end a drought. As she gets closer to heaven, she grows hot and dry, and eventually turns into a vulture, thereby sacrificing her beauty for the sake of others. In a second myth, Oshun dances seductively to lure the town's only blacksmith, Ogun, out of the forest and back to work in the city. She acts as if she does not see Ogun, and as he moved towards her, she smears honey on his lips and dances back towards the city.
As an "Oshunite," you may be perceived as a sweet, giving, self-confident, playful person who likes beautiful things and uses them to her advantage. If you share that aspect of Oshun's personality, you may sometimes be mistaken for someone who is over-invested in her own beauty. But in the long run, most people recognize "Oshunites" as peacocks that are willing to lose their feathers for the sake of the crowd.

(I LOVE PEACOCKS.)

	geekism 2003-07-11 15:35 (link)
	There are a crap load of peacocks that walk around my church building Oo; (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pocketowl 2003-07-12 03:23 (link)
	That's cool... I want a peacock. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Added you to my friends tytoalba 2003-07-11 18:13 (link)
	You seem to be an interesting person so I added you :) Feel free to stop on over at my blurty. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Added you to my friends pocketowl 2003-07-12 03:24 (link)
	Is... Is that an owl as your icon...? MARRY ME! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Added you to my friends tytoalba 2003-07-13 18:56 (link)
	Marry you? lol don't you think one of us should by the other dinner first? heheheheheh I'll work on getting that ljournal code for ya (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)