Orixás
Ossaim Day: October 5, what is known and what is not
In the week, Ossaim Day is Thursday in most sources; in the year, October 5, in Umbanda. See the 5 answers, the saints, and what no one explains.
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Ossaim (Osanyin)
Orixá owner of the leaves and the herbs
Without leaf there is no axé. Ossaim is the orixá (orisha) owner of the leaves, the herbs and the secrets of healing, the lord who knows the right plant, the right name and the right word to awaken the power of each herb. Ritual bath, smoke cleansing (defumação), amaci and offering pass through his hands.
Ossaim technical sheet
Greeting
Ewé ó!
Colors
Green and white (the shade of green changes according to the nation)
Day of the week
Thursday (October 5 in Umbanda)
Element
Forest, woods and wild plants
Syncretism
Saint Benedict (Umbanda); Saint Onofre in ketu and Saint Roch in batuque
Archetype
The reserved wise one, guardian of the secret of the leaves
Domains of Ossaim
Leaves, medicinal and liturgical herbs, healing, health and the secrets of nature
Mythology 
The myth of Ossaim
Ossaim kept all the leaves alone inside a gourd. Xangô (Shango), bothered by the monopoly, asked Iansã (Oya) to blow a strong wind: the gourd fell, the leaves scattered and each Orixá took their own. But they were left only with the plant, not with the word that awakens it. Ossaim lost the leaves, never the secret.
Virtual candle
Light a candle for Ossaim
Lord of the Sacred Leaves, secret of the herbs and natural healing of the earth
Ewé ó! Set your prayer for Ossaim on the virtual altar: choose 7 days or stick, write the prayer request and follow the flame through the link you receive.
- Consecration and potentiation of baths and phytotherapeutic remedies
- Healing of chronic pains and cellular revitalization
- Awakening of vegetal intuition and ecological harmony
7 days for R$ 1,00 · stick for R$ 0,50
Children of Ossaim
Reserved, intelligent, patient and meticulous people, of few words and firm character, like those who guard a valuable secret. There are few initiates who are children of Ossaim.
Extrema, Minas Gerais · South of Minas
To honor Ossaim
Fresh and dry herbs for ritual bath, smoke cleansing (defumação) and amaci, green and white candles, green and white bead necklace (guias) and herb burners.
- R. Benedito Zingari, 460, Bela Vista, Extrema-MG
- Mon to Fri, 9am to 6pm · Sat, 9am to 1pm
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Articles about Ossaim and Orixás
Rituals
Offering for Ossaim: what is offered and what belongs to the house
Offering for Ossaim (Ossain): what open sources record, such as tobacco leaf, cachaça and honey, where it is delivered and what is the house's foundation. No recipe.
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Orixás
Ossaim and Oxóssi: why they are confused, from ketu to angola
Ossaim and Oxóssi (Oshosi) are confused because they share the forest, Thursday, and even the roncó. See how ketu, angola, and jeje separate them, and what Erinlé, Agué, and the honey are.
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