tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874859417429853661.post3492019491954375063..comments2024-01-18T11:06:45.301-05:00Comments on Baba Who? Babalú!: Naná Burukú, Elder of Babalú-AyéMichael Atwood Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676854950587305554noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874859417429853661.post-66735529608135968502013-02-09T00:05:39.069-05:002013-02-09T00:05:39.069-05:00My mother in Ocha is Nana. She is often pictured a...My mother in Ocha is Nana. She is often pictured as the grandmotherly type, with a cane as one of her attributes. As I have been told, she is a moral instructor who does not tolerate lewd behavior, amorality or dishonesty in any form. She is as strict as Babaluaiye. Maferefun.<br />Nana is looked upon (in many Lucumi houses) as the mother of Babaluaiye , maferefun, as he rose from the ground where her ja was planted. <br />She is also greatly feared due to the power of her ja. It is looped, unlike the straight ja of Baba (maferefun), to symbolize the feminine (the womb). It is said that if a person who has received her jabs at another person with her ja, the person on the receiving end will soon suffer a painful death.<br /><br />Nana also receives seven replicas of snakes as attributes as well as a breastplate to indicate her life-giving qualities but also to symbolizeher as a warrior.Thomas Clearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526211531361604568noreply@blogger.com