Hevioso is an African

voodoo Voodoo may refer to: Religions * African or West African Vodun, practiced by Gbe-speaking ethnic groups * African diaspora religions, a list of related religions sometimes called Vodou/Voodoo ** Candomblé Jejé, also known as Brazilian Vodu ...

deity of thunder, worshipped in

West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Maurit ...

. Hevioso is the God of heaven, thunder, lightning and rain. Known to populations of southern Benin. Hevioso / Hebioso /

Shango Shango (Yoruba language: Ṣàngó, also known as Changó or Xangô in Latin America; and as Jakuta or Badé) is an Orisha, a deity in Yoruba religion. Genealogically speaking, Shango is a royal ancestor of the Yoruba as he was the third Alaafin ...

is a righteous God. He chastises liars, thieves and villains by smiting them. In certain places the bas-reliefs of the temples of Hèvioso represent this God in the form of a man who slaughtered at these feet a living being with an ax. According to P. Verger, Shango can be described in two aspects, historical or divine. As a historical figure, he would have been the third Alaafin Oyo, king of Oyo, son of Oraniyan and Torosi. Oraniyan was the youngest son of Odudua and became the most powerful of them, the one whose fame was the largest in the Yoruba country. He became famous, from his youth as a hunter, and later on because of the numerous and profitable conquests, he undertook. He was the founder of the kingdom of Oyo. Torosi, when she was the daughter of Elempe, the king of the country Tapa. Shango grew up in his mother's country and later moved to Koso where people did not want him because of his violent and imperious nature, but he forced himself on them. He then went, followed by these people, to Oyo where he established a neighbourhood called Koso. He thus retained his title of Oba Koso, which later became his Oriki (traditional praise). At the time Dada Ajaka, Shangang's eldest brother, was on the throne in Oyo. Shango dethroned him but had only reigned for seven years. In his divine aspect, Shango is the husband of Oya, Oshun and Oba. He is virile, robust, violent and vigilant; chastise liars, thieves, and evildoers.

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