Pataki of Chango One day the great orisha Chango was playing the bátá drums in a nearby village. Chango as usual was beating the drums and he had the party going. He would take a heavy drink of his oti and beat harder and faster on the drums. Everyone was dancing and enjoying themselves. Yemaya

On his way to Yemaya’s palace with Dada , Shango see’s a strange man who is missing a leg, an arm and a eye. When they saw each other , they found no words where needed to be exchanged. Osain said “ALAFI- King of kings, Before will come long and bloody days of war ahead,

In Dadas Ile , Shango grew stronger and displayed his intelligence and powers. Dada was surprised how Shango had the ability to predict the future. She gave the best education but found it impossible to find something he did not already know. Shango saw Dada as his mother as much as Yemaya, since they both

Argayu appeared in the palace of Yemaya , She had become pleasantly surprised since she had not expected his arrival. To add to her surprise she saw a child in his arms , she became petrified with shock; but yet filled with happiness and calmness. Yemaya saw the beauty in this child her son carried

Obatala had spoken to Shango in advice more than anything else. Shango as the good son, listened to his father speak as he knew is was Olodumare speaking through Obatala himself. As Obatala spoke to him Shango also knew he was to obey weather he liked the words or not , they had to be

Shango soon realized that he is the Orisa of Happiness, as he was different from his siblings who where formed in their mothers womb. He came to the land of Olodumare Ara Orun ( heaven) and the origin of his brothers and sisters ws ILE IFE. Shango knew that he was the contagious happiness of

Shango saw the humility and kindness not to mention the pureness of the old man in front of him. so he asked him about his brother Orula. Obatala replied that Orula had been taken away and buried a long time ago and he was sorry for how he had reacted. Shango took the opportunity to tell Obatala

When Shango took the Oggun’s dogs and gave them to Asojano , Oggun became angry . Oggun in his fury , could not understand how a boy had dared to embarrass him in such a public display . But when Shango took the dogs from Oggun , Shango knew who exactly he was. This was

On this day of Shango’s visit to his parents palace Dada felt uncomfortable . Every time she looked at Shango , she knew he would face great problems in his lifetime. Especially today the day she took him to visit Obatala . Before they reached the palace there was a commotion amongst the crowd outside

After having learned of the existence of Olusi the Orisa are taken by surprise that they were not aware of his existence on earth . This knowledge now was a source of fear that explained many unfortunate events that took place in the kingdom. Here Olodumare makes all see that when he created the world