I know these are powerful Orisha and It saddens me that folks really have crazy opinions and Stories about someone else experience...I will not allow noone to sadden me about my choices but I do know I HAVE NEVER HEARD that PAPA has asked for crazy offerings and Honestly I have so many books on Conjure and Hoodoo yet Folks are not reading and Papa wouldnt or saying Oou girl he plays games so why do these things happen why is so much created to actually tell someone hey u shouldnt mess with that Because theres things Asked for when I havent seen that and WATCHING American Horror story Is CRAZY because the WAY HISTORY IS WRITTEN is unreal the fact that Google SAYS EVERYTHING yet A WHITE AMERICAN OR WHOMEVA OWNS GOOGLE clearly alot of things on AFRICAN TRADITIONS has been white washed and its sad why would PAPA asked for Extremes for you as offering this is general for all to answer but Really i know Ms Lala knos ..the words were that Their parent was actually messing with Papa and she stopped because of what he wanted in exchange is the actual phrase so please someone tell me how and i do find this a bit harder to understand with that.
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i Honestly do not kno why I was so drawn to this nor why I found another way 2 truly heal the outer shell ov me and now im workin on everything else..I've always been drawn to oshun I have no idea why because Somethings are not exact for me..I am learning still and I am an entire sponge with a brain
@Dominik thanks So much and That much i kno my fiance has a different view as well yet THEY DNT LOOK AND RESEARCH but then as far as the person saying their mom said Papa asked for other things in exchange im like huh yea A trickster as a test For U as Us as ppl I jus didnt ask further their opinion was hey dnt mess wit Him meaning Papa Im like I hear u I get ur point of View mine is completely different and i kno all folks have their opinions but yet we truly have our reasons
Papa Legba is known as the trickster because he wants to make sure that you know what you’re doing. He is the gatekeeper to the Orishas and Loas to ensure that you are cognizant of what you’re doing. He does this in the form of placing small obstacles to make sure you’re serious about what you’re doing and your heart is in it and you (I mean this figuratively, not you specifically) are not playing with the Orishas willy nilly. I have an altar to Yemaya, Oshun and Ogun. I was told that Ogun and Oshun are the Orishas that watch over me and Yemaya is the one who called me back to the path of the Orishas so I pay my respect. I’m not initiated into Santería so I only worship the Orishas from a non-initiate, also called aleyo’s, point of view. If I were a Santero and were doing a ritual then I would need to petition Legba/Eleggua. Christianity, and let’s face it Catholicism from Spain, needed to vilify the Africans’ they enslaved religion a bad name and force convert them. They had to find a bad guy and because traditional West African beliefs resemble nature, both bad and good qualities (rain can flood but the water also brings life), and Christians couldn’t handle this duality. If anything Papa Legba is a great teacher, he will bestow lessons to you and make you grow spiritually. Just my two pennies.