for 'sleeping' on this. I'm diggin' what U've said here. Indeed, Osun comes to me as a nurturing 'auntie' when I'm feeling down, when I'm feeling ugly(she reminds me to be Beauty, embrace my Beauty, etc.)Mama Oya fights for me, and guides me(w/ the wisdom & through the grace of Oludumare, of course) to try to help me understand that I don't always(if ever) have to fight, fight, fight for myself, EVEN *gasps* when I perceive myself to be under attack, or threatened(hard lesson for me to learn, so I keep having to learn the d*** thing OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER AGAIN. maybe one day I'll get it, who knows?). I LITERALLY sleep below a Masaai warrior shield @ night, which might not be taking me in the right direction on this thing, but anyway... Osun protects me though. PARTICULARLY when I'm away from home. Or lost. She never fails to come forward, to be w/ me, when I need her. I don't even have to ask. Sometimes I do, out of desperation, but even when I don't, they show up, and do what needs to be done, to help me do what "I" need to do. It's amazing. & I love it.

>>>if you ask people in Oya's town who Sango's favorite wife is
>they're gonna say Oya...if you ask people in Osogbo who
>Sango's favorite wife is they're gonna say Osun
>
>usually when you read or hear about rivalry between the wives
>of Oba Koso (Sango) it is Osun and Oya teaming up against
>Sango's first wife Oba...
>
>Oya won Sango with her grace and charm, it is she who wears
>pants and puts on a beard and rides with him into war. She is
>the one who gave him lightning and fire...so "all of the
>things that make Sango fly came from a woman" --Iya Osunyemi
>Akalatunde
>
>and it is worth noting that Oya was Oba (ruler) in her own
>right before she met Sango...
>
>
>We were taught in my house that Osun's perfect counterpart is
>Sango (Yemoja's perfect counterpart is Ogun)
>
>A good case can probably be made for either of them tho
>
>Osun rules feminity, female sexuality/sensuality and the
>female reproductive organs, and she is the erotic impulse to
>come together, and the act of copulation itself
>
>Sango rules masculinity, male sexuality/sensuality, and the
>male reproductive organs, he is the wrath of the oppressed,
>considered to be the ultimate father and husband
>
>so Osun is the impluse to create and Sango is the drive to
>protect that which has been created...
>
>as for children of Osun and Oya not getting along...i haven't
>seen that to be the case for me...or any of my friends...and
>if you examine the relationships between children of
>co-wives...usually the children of one call the other Mother
>as well or at least Auntie...
>
>i personally LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE Oya...she has always
>been the loving but stern auntie that won't let me get away
>with any nonsense.
>
>and for another sisterfriend of mine (also a child of Osun)
>Oya is the indulgent auntie who slips her candy when her momma
>said she couldn't have any.
>
>-ramble over-
>
>**************************************
>
>Love...it is just friendship on fire.
>
>--some dude in a lifetime movie