Talk:Nana Buluku

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Maybe it should be noted that Nana Buluku has quite a different role in the Candomblé Ketu practiced in Brazil. In it, it is seen as an old goddess associated with swamps, mud and death. This happens because the origins of Candomblé Ketu lie in the yoruba people who were sold as slaves by the Dahomey; they then incorporated Nana Buluku as an Orisha, and one of their eldest, but portrayed her rather negatively.

The Orishas in the Yoruban derived pantheon often are personified aspects of nature. In the case of Nana Buluku, she is the personification of primordial mud, specifically the mud at the bottom of the ocean or large bodies of water. She is the eldest Orisha, often called grandmother, with the second-eldest being Olokun, the personification of the depths of the ocean.BoyintheMachine (talk) 04:09, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]