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Ogun or Ogoun (Yoruba: Ògún, Edo: Ògún, Portuguese: Ogum, Gu; also spelled Oggun or Ogou; known as Ogún or Ogum in Latin America) is a Yoruba Orisha that is adopted in several African religions. Ògún is a warrior and a powerful spirit of metal work , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] as well as of rum and rum-making.
According to Lounge, [1] the Yoruba language has a rather elaborate vigesimal (base-20) numeral system that involves both addition and subtraction and multiplication. The base of the counting system is ogún 'twenty' (or 'score').
The name Ògún is a distinctive and powerful name and primarily used among the families of Ògún devotees, or from families whose professions stem from Ògún's industry metallurgy. The diminutive forms are many, as Ògún serves as a prefix in any names originating from the Ògún worship lineage such as Ògúndayo, Ògúnseye, Ògúnfemi ...
Ogun, one of the earliest kings of Ife, the totemic capital of the Yoruba nation, [4] is venerated as the spirit of metal work and as a primordial Orisha of creativity, warfare, and technology. One of the most important objects in the cult of Ogun is the ceremonial Ada sword. [ 5 ]
Ogun is the patron of those who make use of metals in their everyday work, such as blacksmith, drivers, mechanics and surgeons. The festival can also be held anywhere as the high priest sometimes celebrates the festival at Abuja without not following the usual seventeen-day order.
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Ogun: Spite's loyal Death Knight, Ogun was a former Rouster like Quest before turning evil. General Ogun turned evil because he felt unappreciated by the royal family, with the last straw being denied the title of Nestor's nanny, a position he wanted for a time. He wears armour resembling a skull with a skull-like head/helmet.