Logun Edé

The Prince of the Two Waters

Domain: Hunt, Rivers & Beauty
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Element: Water
Relics of Power: Bow and Abebé

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The People

People

Yoruba people

Region

West Africa & the diaspora

Period

c. 1000 AD – present

The orixás are worshipped by the Yoruba people of present-day Nigeria and Benin, with Ile-Ife as their spiritual center. Through the slave trade, their faith crossed the Atlantic and flourished in the Americas as Candomblé, Santería, and Vodou. It is today one of the most living and widespread African religious traditions in the world.

The Osun festival in Osogbo, Nigeria, draws thousands to the sacred grove of the Osun river, a UNESCO heritage site. The Ifá oracle guides decisions through the odus, and in Brazil the Candomblé terreiros honor each orixá with their own drums, dances, colors, and foods.

The Sacred Scrolls

A young and beautiful orixá, Logun Edé is the son of Oxóssi, the hunter, and of Oshun, the lady of the sweet waters. From them he inherited both the skill of the hunt in the forests and the dominion over the rivers and enchanting beauty. Prince of the two natures, he alternates between the forest and the water, uniting the gifts of his parents. As The Prince of the Two Waters, this deity occupies a position of supreme prestige in the iorubas pantheon. Their domains over Hunt, Rivers & Beauty reflect ancestral cosmic order maintained across millennia. In classical iconography, they are depicted with an aura of unshakeable majesty and sacred attributes that inspired reverence in emperors and peasants alike. Their influence extended beyond earthly boundaries, governing fates and harmony between the visible and invisible worlds. For ancient devotees, contemplating their essence was to understand the very fundamental forces of nature and human existence.

Sacred Symbols

The bow, the abebé, the mirror and the colors blue and yellow

Divine Lineage

Son of Oxóssi and Oshun; inherits the domains of the forest and the sweet waters.

The Legendary Myth

Tradition says that Logun Edé spends six months of the year living in the forests with his father Oxóssi, feeding on game, and six months in the rivers with his mother Oshun, living on fish.

Legends & Deeds

A celebrated secondary legend preserved in the oral traditions of the iorubas recounts the journey when Logun Edé intervened directly in the lives of mortals.