Did you know that in Africa there was something very similar to the Holocaust, but it lasted 500 years? To learn about this and its associated religion, we bring you this content where you will learn, among other things, how to perform the prayer to Elegua to overcome enemies.
Some history before learning the prayer
The history of Africa is very interesting; in it we find mass kidnappings, external domination, internal conflicts, kingdoms, a tribal organization that made the cohesion of everyone in a single national ideal very complex, a belief system that confronts all this, for example, with the prayer to Elegua to defeat enemies and many other conditions that have made the life of this continent a very complex one.
By the way, if you want to learn much more about Elegua in general aspects, that is, his different prayers, his history, the history of Santería and how to get started in it, we recommend that you read the following article about the children of Shangó.
The influence that we recognize today as Santería comes specifically from the Yoruba , a population of approximately 40 million people who share the same Yoruba language and are divided among several areas of central and southeastern Africa, especially Nigeria, Benin, and Togo.
There are even populations outside of Africa that share the language and culture because they are descendants of the Yoruba , especially in Spanish-speaking countries such as Puerto Rico, Cuba, Santo Domingo, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic, with a presence also in the United States, Canada, and even Asia due to migrations and diasporas.
In terms of cultural expression, the Yoruba people have made their mark internationally and have earned recognition from important institutions worldwide. Some of their most striking and popular expressions, outside their core territories of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo, are their masquerades and open-air festivals, as well as their folkloric performances, which, along with Yoruba film productions , have achieved renown.
This is the case of the Gẹlẹdẹ, which is a masquerade of that ethnic group specifically from the Ketu region of the Republic of Benin, which was recognized by UNESCO as an intangible work of humanity, because it also consists of oral heritage.
In addition to this festival there is also a compendium of poems that are used in divine ceremonies in this culture and which are recognized as having great stylistic beauty, the so-called corpus of Ifà , which represents one of its divinities and a space that is a sacred grove of another of its gods Osun-Osogbo.
Our prayer to Elegua for enemies could form part of that poetic set that is the corpus of Ifà were it not for its ritual power and its use in invocation ceremonies.
Another distinctive feature of Yoruba culture is their strict approach to gestures. For example, when a Yoruba man greets an elder, he must bow, but if he encounters a woman, he must court her. When meeting members of the royal family, men must lie on the floor and stand up immediately, while women must kneel and stand up immediately.
Myth originating from the Yoruba
Like many indigenous peoples so ancient that their beginnings are lost in the mists of history, and it is not known exactly when or how they arose, although it is known that the Yoruba date back to the 4th century BC and were constantly expanding from Nigeria through towns and localities in Africa until approximately 900 AD; however, the founding myth of the Yoruba is as follows.
Although there are several versions of the story, the most popular or the one with the greatest credibility or fame is one according to which the creation of the Yoruba revolves around Oduduwa, who was a leader of the armies of the east, generally associated with Egypt and who, during his time in what is now Nigeria, established the monarchy among the indigenous people he encountered.
In other versions, which are less realistic and a bit more fantastical or encourage the imagination, the story also revolves around Oduduwa , but his character as a deity of the Yoruba pantheon is emphasized, and his story is told from another perspective. In this version, the leader is sent to Earth, which is called by Olodumare, another Yoruba god , the creator, so that Oduduwa could create men from the clay soil of the town of Ilé-Ife.
To accomplish his mission of establishing the world and creating humankind, Oduduwa received a sack of sand and a rooster. During his descent from the heavens, as Olodumare 's shepherd , Oduduwa dropped the rooster. In his attempt to catch it, the sack fell into the water, but to the deity's surprise, instead of dissolving, the sand formed a kind of mound that rose above the water. The rooster flew to this mound and began walking in circles, flattening it.
Seeing that the land was expanding, he decided to name this space Ilé-Ife , expanding land; this would then be the cradle of the Yoruba and of humanity in general. Once the land was available , Obatala appeared , a Yoruba deity sent earlier to establish the human race but who failed the first time, and together with the rooster, Oduduwá created humans.
Oduduwá, which in Spanish means "he who created the knowledge of character," is black and handsome, or, alternatively, black and well-mannered, alluding to an exaltation of Yoruba culture and also of Blackness. This name is compared by historians of Yoruba culture to that of an important earth goddess named Odudua , who is the wife of Obatala . For this reason, some scholars suggest they could refer to the same being. Find more information under Eleguá.
Santería, niche of the Prayer to Elegua to Overcome Enemies
Before we get to Santería, we still need to clarify some historical details. First, Santería does indeed originate from the Yoruba religious system , but it wouldn't have been possible without the tragedy that Africa endured for so long: the slave trade. This is what we referred to at the beginning of this article as the long African holocaust.
But Santería arose above all from a phenomenon of syncretism with the Christian religion and the Latin American culture during the colonization process and during the colony in America, specifically in countries such as Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Venezuela, Nicaragua and in to a lesser extent in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay or Uruguay.
Although certainly after that phenomenon with other causes such as more recent diasporas or migrations in recent years, it is a belief that has spread not only to all the countries of America, but also to Europe and other continents.
But for a long time, Latin America has been the second center of these beliefs that, although they are not accepted as a religion by Catholicism, represent a very valuable source of historical and religious information, especially in the Caribbean of the aforementioned region, since many practitioners current members of Santeria are descendants of those slaves who were once exploited there.
This same subjugation also reveals interesting information, since the people brought on these ships had certain similar characteristics that made them more susceptible to domination, for example: they came largely from Nigeria, which is why the Yoruba culture stood out later; they did not share languages, so it was very difficult for them to communicate, which prevented an uprising on their part.
In addition, they were very young and were not fully initiated in their religious beliefs, therefore, what they remembered were bits of information with which they helped form Santería; As they were kidnapped in the middle of the countryside or as spoils of internal wars in Africa, they did not carry with them any material reserves that reminded them of their origins beyond their memory, that is, they went light with luggage.
These beings, mostly men, once arrived on land and sold as an object that cleans houses, follows orders and endures beatings, had a life expectancy that was really short, both due to living conditions and getting used to new climates and latitudes. For example, neither in Peru nor in Ecuador could their trade be established, because they did not survive the climate or the height of the Andes.
Those who did not die on the ships where they came overcrowded and with little food, arrived at a new place of mistreatment, having to learn Spanish and survive in adverse conditions, but this constant traffic gave rise to the creation of a new society.
The most common miscegenation for blacks was to have children with black women or else with indigenous people, and even this mixture was positive for them because a child with an indigenous woman was free, while a child with a black woman was a slave, in most cases. . Even the very children of these people in America were the property of the owners and a life of slavery awaited them.
Much has been said about syncretism. It has been suggested that during this period, Black people hid their deities behind Catholic saints to venerate them, and while this is largely true, it is also true that the Church was not entirely unaware of this. It accepted it to some extent, and this acceptance varied depending on the religious order. The Franciscans , for example, were known to be somewhat more flexible than the Dominicans and Augustinians.
But certainly all this paganism that is demonized and for which blacks continue to be blamed even after so many years, was consented to like many other processes of mental colonization that the church undertook to confront other paganisms. Like the Europeans with naturalistic or magical beliefs, and also with the pre-Hispanic culture that was in America long before their arrival.
It was during these processes that the topic we are discussing today—the prayer to Elegua to overcome enemies —was preserved or created . A certain overlap of imagery was permitted, allowing Black people to see in Christianity the new representatives of their former idols. This is why, for example, Elegua is compared to the Holy Child of Atocha, due to his childlike yet powerful nature.
Let us remember that the Holy Child of Atocha is an invocation of the childhood of the child Jesus, of which the story is told that during a period of imprisonment the prisoners could not receive any visits other than those of the Holy Child.
It is precisely with the topic of idolatry and how, thanks to syncretism, this knowledge survived and was reinvented that we arrive at the comparison of two key words for understanding Santería: Orishas and Saints. We already know that Santeros are recognized for worshipping saints, but we don't know the meaning of an equivalent word for the Yoruba : Orisha.
The Orishas are the true saints of the Yoruba people , and there are many of them in the Yoruba pantheon . They are the shepherds of greater deities, the creators, such as Olodumare . Some of their names are:
- choose, the owner of all roads and one of the greatest orisha.
- Ogun u orisha from the war.
- ochosi the one who helps in the hunt and carries the laws of men.
- Osun, divinity and a river that bears the same name.
- Shango, who is credited with justice and thunder; among many others.
In closing, what happened was that at some point the dissociation between venerating a Catholic saint and actually venerating what was remembered of the orishas dissolved, and both became part of the same thing or two indivisible beings, for example:
- Obatala can be Our Lady of the Virgin of Mercedes, Jesus nailed to the cross or Saint Manuel.
- Oshun is associated with the Copper Charity.
- Shango like Santa Barbara.
- choose such as Holy Child of Atocha o Saint Anthony of padua, to speak of the best known.
In conclusion, we can define Santería as a religious system and belief system with origins in both Yoruba religion and Christianity. Its existence is the product of a process of cultural blending and subjugation that occurred between 1500 and 1800, and even later, extending to the present day. Offering a prayer to Shangó can also be very helpful in times of need.
Initiation to Santeria
This is a religion that welcomes everyone; anyone who wants to begin practicing Santería can do so without overly strict restrictions beyond committing to the religious practice. Within it, one can learn and practice prayers to Elegua to overcome enemies, as well as many other prayers to other orishas . For this reason, we researched how to carry out this process.
The ultimate hidden goal of Santería, or Regla de Ocha as it is also known, is to make contact with the orishas , who are deities that inhabit nature, but to achieve that contact you must first have been initiated into the cult or have received a saint.
Receiving the saint is the ceremony in which you learn who your godfather is. Within Santería, it is understood that everyone is a child of an orisha , and since parents recognize their children, not the other way around, this first step involves a divination ritual to reveal your godfather. It is also said that depending on who your godfather is, you will have certain characteristics, tastes, or preferences that are aligned with that orisha.
Mentioning some of the ways of being associated with the descendants of each orisha, we can find that:
- To the sons or daughters of choose they are credited with being funny, playful, liars, a bit childish, quarrelsome at times, with divinatory skills and somewhat conflictive at times.
- As for the sons or daughters of Shango, it is said that they are very funny, lovesick, dancers, party people and usually have several partners.
- The sons or daughters of Obatala For their part, they have a predisposition to purity, perfectionism and tranquility, but sometimes they can become bad, that is, they are a bit impulsive.
There are many other types of personalities that can be attributed to each saint because the list of orishas is very long, so much so that it surpasses those that overlapped with the Catholic saints, but since we are concentrating on the one who opens and closes the paths, we will continue to move forward to soon arrive at the explanation of the prayer to Elegua to defeat enemies.
The initiation ritual in Santería involves a divination process, which Santeros tend to favor, consisting of interpreting the signs that appear when seashells are released, as if they were dice. The fact that this cult also features marine life, or at least its traces, inevitably brings to mind Buddhism and its Buddhist symbols, such as the seashell.
Once a person's saint is known, their coronation takes place, or what we know as becoming a saint. This internal and external purification ceremony of the initiate is known as Iyawo . In it, the santero who leads it becomes the godfather of the new santero, and once this is finished, he can assist future Iyawos or the newly initiated, who are also called Aleyos , and it is recommended that from the ceremony until a year later they dress in immaculate white.
Prayer in Santeria
In Santería, unlike in the Christian world, prayers are recited to invoke the saints who are each person's guardian orishas , asking for their guidance on their path. In this religion originating from the Yoruba people , this process is carried out through rituals that can range from simple to complex, but all aim at invocation, whether to cleanse or purify a person, or to initiate another into the priesthood (babalawo).
Prayers, whether for Elegua , Shango , Obatala , or any of the orishas , can be found in rituals within the religion in the original Yoruba language, but we could also translate them into Spanish. For example, in the prayer of invocation to Elegua, we can find a great variety of references to the attributes of the saint, whether due to his resemblance to a child or the fact that he is understood as " the one who opens the paths ."
If you're wondering how to call Elegua, we can tell you that through these prayer rituals, you ask for health for yourself and your family. You speak of the presence of godparents and even the Guardian Angel. You tell him that you are knocking on his door so that he will open the paths of the future. You also say that to invoke him, you are accompanied by elders. In this way, with a specific order and rhythm, along with the smell of smoke, fruits, undetermined essences, and lit candles, you can call Elegua.
Taking into account who Elegua is , we must note that the history of his symbolism can be summarized in the story of a coconut from which a light came out, which the African prince Elegbara found and took to his home, but it was not well received because the elders did not see its light well, remaining behind the front door for several days, then during a meeting of the king, the coconut began to shine and then went out, which seems to coincide with a fall from grace of the people.
It is because of the abandonment or disdain that Elegua is understood to close the paths on this occasion and in the future. In the rites celebrated for him, this symbolism of the coconut remains very present, even though it is associated with the image of a stone; in the same way as with the image of a child, that is why his offerings are usually sweets, toys, coconuts and alcohol; all mostly in red and black colors which are associated with Elegua.
Prayer to Elegua to Defeat Enemies
Now we've reached the heart of the matter: the prayer to Elegua to overcome enemies. This is a very powerful prayer that incorporates all the elements we've learned about Elegua 's life , just as the Santeros say, " the dead give birth to the saint ." In this way, the young Elegbara accompanies and protects his sons and daughters and will help them remove from their path any negative influences that may be lurking.
The idea of praying to Elegua to favor his follower regarding a request he makes concerning his enemies is not for anything bad to happen to that person, but rather to remove him from the path of Elegua's son or daughter, so that this person does not suffer the misfortunes that his enemy has prepared.
And without further ado, we present to you below the powerful and magnificent words of the prayer to Elegua to defeat enemies:
I invoke your presence, oh orishá Elegua,
You who are the lord of all roads, when I have turned the candle,
so you will have helped me to change the course of my enemies,
may his path be another, oh holy one,
if they have bad wishes, they should be returned,
may they be powerless in hurting me or my family,
May their resentment fade away and their envy not touch me.
that if they hate me that energy dissipates,
the only thing I ask of you Elegua is that you protect me,
that you save me beloved saint from enemies and bad friends,
that everything they send me is always returned to them ,
you always walk by my side Elegua,
Thank you for all the favors you have done me, Amen.
If we quickly review the prayer to Elegua to defeat enemies, we will obtain the following: first, one must know how to invoke Elegua , calling him an orisha , recognizing that he is the lord of the roads, a powerful god. As one must have candles at the time of the prayer, it is said that by turning the candle, the path of the other person will also be turned around, and the enemy will become powerless against the protected person and their family.
Among the favors requested of Elegua are protection from envy, distance from hatred, protection, freedom from enemies, and that the evil sent is reversed. It is declared that the orisha Elegua will always be the companion on the path of the son or daughter, and thanks are given for the favors received.
It is important to complement with other prayers of three Our Fathers and three Hail Marys, during that prayer a white candle must be lit that will remain in a corner of the house until it is completely consumed, unlike the red and black ones that will be lit only during The ritual.
materials for prayer
The environment for this prayer must be prepared in a special way as in many cases for each prayer to the saints, but in this case you must build an altar with different elements, for example, the image of the saint and red and black candles that are the colors that identify it, a white candle that represents the guardian angel, salt, pepper, a key and other optional elements such as branches and animal skins. So, primarily we must have:
- A small altar.
- Photo by Choose.
- Red, black candles.
- White.
- Salt
- Pepper.
- A key.
Ritual for prayer
The ritual consists of closing the path to enemies and is intended for all those beings who in one way or another are defaming or contradicting the sons and daughters of Elegua. The prayer to defeat the enemies is recited while two black candles, two red candles and one white candle are lit. During the process, it is important that there is a plate with salt and pepper in front of the image of Elegua that has the photo or name of the person.
For various reasons related to secrecy or information sharing, we cannot be entirely explicit about this ritual, but generally speaking, it involves carrying all of these items in a black bag to the first crossroads outside your home. Depending on the individual devotee of Elegua, some steps may be added or removed. You can find more information in the Prayer to Elegua.
We leave you more information about the ritual process, with specifications and different variations, in the following video:
other sentences
As we have already mentioned, the symbols of Elegua are a head-shaped stone that is adorned, effectively giving it the appearance of a face, and is accompanied by toys, alcohol, and other offerings. This saint can also be inside the house behind the main door, as in the story of the African prince, or outside the houses.
But among other approaches to the saint, we also find that there is a great variety of prayers to ask him for favors, in addition to the prayer to Elegua to defeat enemies, we also have prayers that are made to him to promote love, to dominate someone, to open paths or the one that is only done to invoke him, among many others that are used by those who have achieved a high position in the religion.
Among all these prayers, we highlight below the prayer to Elegua for love, the prayer to open paths, and the prayer of this brave orisha for when you want to dominate someone.
Prayer to choose for the love
This prayer to the orisha is done in cases of love problems that one wants to resolve or simply to attract him into the life of the saint's son or daughter. To prepare the space, simply clear it with lit red candles and the photo of Elegua to whom the prayer will be directed, which can be in the following form:
I call you and invoke Elegua in the name of God,
you who own the 21 paths and open every door,
you direct every opportunity and you guide my life with wisdom,
both in the night and in the day, you give me health and prosperity
my happiness is in your hands and that illuminates my soul,
I ask you to protect my home, and take care of my loved ones.
Allow them to accompany me always in abundance,
that joy and love never close,
Elegua come to me driving away my being and context,
every bad influence and every bad thought,
Remove from me the darkness that follows me or that has sent me,
I ask you Elegua, to protect my house,
to protect me (your full name), my entire family, and my job,
you, eternal messenger of prosperity,
allow wealth to come into my life, and be delivered to me,
the good fortune reserved for me by the Orishas,
give me blessings from Olorun, to be me, and
all that it represented, illuminated,
Big and strong Elegua , come to me, accompany me,
open the paths for me,
If I have to face trials, make me wise,
Give me strength to face life and win.
I (full name) will thank you forever,
I will bless your name infinitely, give me security,
Take care of me day and night, and make my heart happy,
making me know true love and that it will not leave me,
never, a love that has been blessed by God and by you,
and for every heavenly being,
thank you Orisha who guides me, for listening to my humble wishes, requests and
pleas, I trust that they will be granted because I know that you are working
on my way so that all this is my truth,
under the word of God, amen.
If you look closely, this prayer to Elegua is very beautiful; it simply expresses a feeling of gratitude and trust in which the son or daughter of the saint asks him to continue accompanying him, thanks him for abundance, prosperity, health, and only at the end asks for love, making it clear that he knows it will come because he trusts in his orisha.
He also exalts and glorifies him in our attempt to communicate with him, hence the importance of knowing how to ask Elegua for a favor properly, without forgetting that he has a father figure, as if it were a helping relationship in which his son goes to his father to ask him for a favor, with faith, trust and respect.
Prayer to choose to open paths
The preparation of the altar in this case must be different in that, with red candles placed in front of the saint's photo as symbolizing a path, they will be lit during the prayer, and offerings of rattles, a guava stick or staff made from this wood, tools, maracas, and toys that represent Elegua 's weapons are made . Here we present what this prayer might look like:
Lord, you who open everything, I invoke you,
With this humble prayer I ask you to be present,
to you warrior and great messenger who communicates with Olofin,
I beg you great Orisha to change my destiny,
Deliver me from the dangers in my path,
give me the triumph as destiny,
Block the path of any difficulties that might try to get in my way,
I beg you Lord of all roads,
remove all bad influence from my destiny,
clear every obstacle in my way,
Take away all those evils that can hurt me and slow me down,
oh Elegua, you who are a great companion of Eshu and Olofin,
you are all powerful and omnipotent, guide me always on the way,
Today I come to you my warrior and brave Orisha, to ask you to take care of my house,
so that you protect and protect my loved ones,
so that you guide my path and my steps towards good fortune,
I beg you to come to me and I invoke your presence at every moment by my side,
take away from me all dangers and sorrows,
illuminate my path at every moment and control my future with your strength,
I ask you my holy Elegua, take care of and accompany all my family,
protect and take care of all my loved ones, and take care of me too,
let it be so, Amen.
This prayer, if we observe it closely, also overflows with that feeling of surrender and trust that his sons and daughters can feel for Elegua , perhaps the impression that they are talking to a father who will always accompany them and guide them towards success or abundance.
We know that these choices depend on each being to open or close to abundance, but the followers of this religion can find in their gods or saints a reminder of that wealth.
Another important consideration to keep in mind, whether regarding these prayers or the prayer to Elegua to defeat enemies, is that they can also be found in the original language, which is Yoruba , and that depending on each translation there may be more or fewer words or approaches to the idea that seem different from each other, but which ultimately should share the same meaning.
Prayer to choose to dominate
Finally, in this series of prayers to Elegua, we will address one that may be somewhat controversial and is performed with the aim of dominating someone. It is important to remember, however, that the intentions employed in the rituals of this religion should not be to harm anyone, and that just as free will exists, so does discernment, allowing us to navigate life assertively and without harming our fellow human beings.
The prayer we will mention below is the prayer to Elegua for domination. It is used in various areas of life, for example, when we want to make someone who is hurting us consciously or unconsciously stop doing so, or when we want someone with a rude tone, but from whom something is required, to treat the people who ask better. It is also used for love spells. The translation follows:
Powerful Elegua, warrior who is everywhere,
With the permission that God gave me, I (Your full name), your son or daughter, invoke you,
you, oh, great audacious and brave orisha, who can open all the roads,
that you are also in love and dominion effective and powerful,
I ask your permission to ask the spirit of the domain to come through you,
so that with this assistance my beloved (Name of whom you want to dominate or tie),
walk along your paths Elegua always restless, so that you come to me desperate,
even when I don't see him or be by his side,
I beg you my holy Elegua,
let me dominate your thoughts,
so that I may always be the object of all your love,
so that your senses soften just for me,
and that for that reason he loses even his holy judgment just thinking about it,
(At this point you must conjure a tobacco and place a candle for the domain)
my beloved Elegua, I implore you to tie him to me,
and that only I (Your name) be the owner (or owner),
I want your body and all your mind to work and sweat just for me,
that he cannot be at peace or calm if he is not with me,
if you haven't crossed your paths with mine,
I always want to be me and only me (Your name) the one (or him) who is the object of his desires,
that only he loves me, that only he can see, search, kiss or hug me,
May he come to me suppliant, docile, tender and meek,
allow my dear Orisha Elegua, that person be attracted to me,
that he is madly in love with me, in love with me,
that he does not look at another woman (or another man), and that his desires are only for and for me,
May your caresses be for me and your sweet words too,
that (Name of the person to Dominate) only wants to live for me,
I beg you Elegua, to bring him to me, before me dominated,
and may your thoughts, body and soul be mine and for me,
so be it forever and ever, in your name Elegua,
To you my dear Elegua vigorous, brave and protector, Amen.
You will see that this prayer is mainly aimed at the goal of making someone accompany us for a long time or for the rest of our lives. This is one of the few prayers that focuses completely on the external, where more is asked for and where there seems to be a greater need to have a good relationship and contact with Elegua so that he grants the favor of helping this person stay accompanying or bound to the one who makes the prayer.
The prayers for love spells are dedicated to both Oshun and Elegua and usually last for a specific time. For matters of love and others, it is important to have a photo of Elegua , a white candle, tobacco, lots of honey, and cloves, which are used for seven days with prayers, lighting and extinguishing the white candle.
As shown in the previous video, a conjuration of tobacco for a person can simply consist of saying that the smoke of that tobacco is destined, dedicated or due to the being that you want to tie or tame, in this video we show you another way of make a mooring to an "unfortunate" or "unfortunate" but dispensing with the example according to the day of the prayer to which we referred earlier.
How much does it cost to be a santero?
The case of Santería is one of the most obvious examples that allow us to observe in the field of religions or in religious cults how it can be expensive or represent a very large outflow of assets to cover all the expenses that rituals and rituals may imply. especially the longest ones.
Let us remember, for example, the process that one must go through to become an initiate in the cult and that is that only this first ritual takes approximately 3 days, which are continuous in which the initiate must finance the process and pay the fees. altars, food, assistants and experienced santeros who manage and know both prayers and songs, in turn, other types of details to guide the ceremony.
Those who have advanced a lot in Santería are the ones who manage these processes and know all the ceremonies, which can vary in price and amount of time invested by people to the point of costing really a lot, according to magazines like El Estímulo, in 2014 alone in a country like Venezuela it was necessary to save for two years without spending anything to pay for that initiation.
By way of conclusion, it is important to recognize how much richness of meaning there is in all this that Santería is and how interesting the historical references are to which they turn to explain their worldview, this being a religion that has approximately one million followers in the world. world has above all influence on the Afro-Cuban population and among them it represents a fairly large economic expense or investment.
If you enjoyed learning about Santería, especially the prayer to Elegua to defeat enemies and other prayers, we invite you to read this other closely related article, the Prayer to Obatalá.