Yemoja Ibu Aró
In this path, Yemoja dyes cloth with indigo. She is the wife of Oshumaré, the rainbow. It is said that when this path mounts her children, regardless of the weather, the sky will blacken. This is also one of the signs that she has truly possessed her mount. I have also heard that in this camino, she is the wife of Orisha Oko.
Ibu Aró is the path of Yemoja I was made to.
Alternate spellings: Yemaya, Yemonja, Yemalla, Ymoja, Yemana, Imanja, Iamanje, Iemonja, Imanje
Alternate spellings: Ibuaró
Alternate spellings: Ochumaré, Osumaré
Alternate spellings: Orishaoko
Shango Lube Bara Lube
In this camino, Shango is the ultimate diviner.
Source: Canizares, Baba Raul. Shango. Santería and the Orisha of Thunder, New York: Original Publications. 2000.
Shango Lubbe Bara Lubbe is said to have been the master diviner before Orunmila obtained that position. There are several stories where Shango and Orunmila exchanged positions and attributes, but on the other hand there are also stories where Orunmila learned the gentle art of divination from, among others, Eshu.
Source: Shango, The Spirit of Lightning, United Chaplains Corp, UCC
Alternate spellings: Chango, Sango
Alternate spellings: Lubbe Bara Lubbe
Shango Alafin
Shango is the King of Oyo.
Source: Canizares, Baba Raul. Shango. Santería and the Orisha of Thunder, New York: Original Publications. 2000.
Alternate spellings: Chango, Sango
Shango Olufina
In this camino, Shango is the ruler of the Ceiba tree (silk cottonwood) and a good friend to Ogun.
Source: Canizares, Baba Raul. Shango. Santería and the Orisha of Thunder, New York: Original Publications. 2000.
This praise name of Shango means something like “The Creator puts fire on the road”. He is said to be the owner of the ceiba tree. Some say that this is the “child version” of Shango.
Source: Shango, The Spirit of Lightning, United Chaplains Corp
Alternate spellings: Chango, Sango
Shango Obanyoko
An older, gentler king.
Source: Canizares, Baba Raul. Shango. Santería and the Orisha of Thunder, New York: Original Publications. 2000.
Alternate spellings: Chango, Sango
Oba Koso
In this path, Shango is the King of Koso. Koso is a city and West Africa and also an African hardwood used in flooring.
Source: Canizares, Baba Raul. Shango. Santería and the Orisha of Thunder, New York: Original Publications. 2000.
As Oba Koso, Shango is the fourth king or alafin of Oyo, of whom is said that he “did not hang himself” (”ko so”)… although in fact he did. On the other hand, this story may well be fantasy, since Oba Koso can also be translated as the King of Koso, Koso indeed being a place in Nigeria.
Source: Shango, The Spirit of Lightning, United Chaplains Corp
Alternate spellings: Chango, Sango
Alternate spellings: Obakoso
Shango Eluwekon
In this camino, Shango is the godson of Osain.
Source: Canizares, Baba Raul. Shango. Santería and the Orisha of Thunder, New York: Original Publications. 2000.
Alternate spellings: Chango, Sango
Alternate spellings: Osayin
Shango Alaye
King with the double-edged axe.
Source: Canizares, Baba Raul. Shango. Santería and the Orisha of Thunder, New York: Original Publications. 2000.
Alternate spellings: Chango, Sango
Shango Eyee
The warrior who spits fire from his mouth. Do not confuse “Shango as warrior” with the Warrior Orishas. Many Orisha fight and can be called warriors, such as Shango, Oya and a few paths of Yemoja.
Source: Canizares, Baba Raul. Shango. Santería and the Orisha of Thunder, New York: Original Publications. 2000.
Alternate spellings: Chango, Sango
Obayan
Shango as Lord of the drum.
Source: Canizares, Baba Raul. Shango. Santería and the Orisha of Thunder, New York: Original Publications. 2000.
Alternate spellings: Chango, Sango
Obara
Shango as the prince who must leave his home in order to prove his own worth.
Source: Canizares, Baba Raul. Shango. Santería and the Orisha of Thunder, New York: Original Publications. 2000.
Alternate spellings: Chango, Sango
Alternate spellings: Obarra, Obbara, Obbarra
Obalube
In this camino, Shango is the husband of Oba.
Source: Canizares, Baba Raul. Shango. Santería and the Orisha of Thunder, New York: Original Publications. 2000.
Shango as the “King who strikes with a knife”. In this aspect he met his concubine Oya.
Source: Shango, The Spirit of Lightning, United Chaplains Corp
Alternate spellings: Chango, Sango
Olufina Kake
Shango as a miraculous child.
Source: Canizares, Baba Raul. Shango. Santería and the Orisha of Thunder, New York: Original Publications. 2000.
Alternate spellings: Chango, Sango
Shango and caminos
Not all priests assign Shango (or Chango) with caminos. “Shango is Shango,” they say. Others do believe he has paths. Your mileage may vary.
Alternate spellings: Chango, Sango