Osun, the river goddess is one of the most important characters in Yoruba mythology.  a statue signifying the maternity nature of iya osun at the sacred grove of oshun {culture trip} Temi ...

Black Is King is a love letter to the African diaspora, and while Beyoncé is, as always, representing herself as a goddess in this album, she’s specifically and solely the Yoruba goddess Oshun.

One thing that makes this deeply spiritual album distinctive is Beyoncé’s deployment of Oshun, the Yoruba goddess of water, fertility, love, and purity, as an alter ego. “I am Beyoncé Giselle ...