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Visual depiction of Ogun Balendjo

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Vol. II · Polytheism · war

Ogun Balendjo

Yoruba and Vodou warrior iron aspect


a manifestation of Ogun in his most martial form, his machete and iron chains the symbols of the warrior path through the sacred forest

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
war

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 5) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.