Shango Statue New! may it shelter you with

may it shelter you with powers of nuturing

the Snake of rebirth and renewal uncoils from its sacred spiral in the ever-changing cycle

Traditionally associated with the sun

Creating a dichotomy not often found or expressed in many examples of modern Pagan imagery

Shango Statue New! may it shelter you withOrisa of Courage, Intelligence and Truth. Son of Yemaya, Lord of lightning, thunder, rain and masculine fertility. He is smooth talking, kingly, yet can be shrewd as a con artist. He wins against the odds and is stimulated by challenge. The double headed dance wand headdress (oshe Sango) and double edged ax symbolize his constant preparedness, and he carries the phallic mortar, or odo, in his right hand. His animal representations are the black cat,