Oshun, also said Osun, is a goddess deity, or orisha, of the Yoruba spirituality of West Africa. There are equivalent goddess figures in multiple cultures including as Oxum in Brazil and Ochun in Cuba. The origination story of the Oshun goddess is that she was one of 17 deities to be sent by the Supreme or lead god, Olodumare, to earth. Of the 17, she was the only female and the only of the deities who were able to begin to populate the earth. At first, her male counterparts try to compete to ac