Ibeji

Africa
Ibeji or Igbeji - twin life is god, protector of twins (twins) in Yoruba mythology, identified by the game's merindilogun odu ejioko and IKA.
Give the name of the first twin generated Taiwo and Kehinde of the latter. The Yoruban believe it was sent Kehinde Taiwo who oversee the world, where the hypothesis being that the older brother.
Each twin is represented by an image. The Yoruban put food on their images to invoke the grace of Ibeji. Parents of twins often make sacrifices every eight days in his honor.
The animal traditionally associated with colobus monkey Ibeji, a meercat endemic in the forests of sub-Saharan Africa. The species in question is the colobus polykomos, or "real colobus, which is accompanied by a great mystic among African peoples. They have color black, with white, and they lie awake in the morning in silence in the treetops, as if in prayer or contemplation, hence they are considered by many people as messengers of the gods, or having the ability to listen to the gods . The colobus mother when giving birth, moving away from the pack and just around the next day from the depths of the forest bringing your puppy (who was born totally white) in the back. The colobus is called in the Yoruban edun oròòkun, and their offspring are considered the reincarnation of twins who died, whose spirits are found wandering in the woods and rescued by colobus mothers for their peculiar behavior.
In Africa, children are the assurance of continuity, so parents consider their children their greatest asset.
A word to say Igbeji twins. It is formed from two separate entities that co-exist, respecting the basic principle of duality.
Itas the count (number of legends and stories passed from generation to generation by the African people) that children are hatched by Igbeji Iansã, but abandoned it, that played in the water. Were embraced and nurtured by Oshun as if they were their own children. Henceforth, Igbeji become ritually greeted specific and Oshun, the great sacrifices dedicated to the goddess, also receive gifts.
Among the African deities, is the Igbeji indicating the odds, the opposites that go together, duality. Igbeji shows that all things in all circumstances, have two sides and that justice can only be made if both measures are weighed, if both sides are heard.

In Africa, The Igbeji is indispensable in all cults. It deserves the same respect afforded to any Orisha, being honored in day-to-day. Igbeji requires no great things, their requests are always modest, as you'd expect, all the Orishas, is to be remembered and revered. The power of Igbeji can never be neglected, because what makes an orisha Igbeji can undo, but what makes a Igbeji no other deity apart. Plus, they consider themselves the owners of the truth.

Twins (Ibeji between Yorubas and Hoho between the Fon) are worshiped. They are not even Vodun and Orisha, but the side of these extraordinary twin births is a living proof of the principle of duality and confirms that there is a plot of the supernatural in them, which lies partly in the child who comes into the world after them.

It is recommended to treat the twins always the same way, sharing with a lot of equity between the two all that is offered to them. When one dies at a young age custom requires that a statuette of the deceased is carved and the mother to carry forever. Later, the surviving twin to reach adulthood always take care to offer the portrait of a brother of what he eats and drinks. The twins are a guarantee for the parents of luck and fortune.
Brazil
Ibeji
There is a confusion between latent and Ibeji Erês. Clearly there is a relationship, but it is not the same entity, even confusing as Orisha.
Ibeji are twin deities, being customarily syncretized twin saints Cosmas and Damian Catholic.
Because they are twins, are associated with the principle of duality, for being children, are connected to everything begins and flows: the source of a river, the birth of humans, plants sprout, etc..
His children are people with child temperament, cheerfully inconsequential, never cease to have within them the child they once were. Tend to be playful, smiling, restless, finally everything that we can associate with the typical behavior of children. Highly dependent on personal relationships and emotional in general, may prove to be stubbornly stubborn and possessive. At the same time, its lightness towards life is revealed in his eternal child's face and way of moving fast, its hard to spend much time sitting, pouring energy.
In Brazil, there is one daughter started on this deity, Maria Jose Morales, who lives in the city of Campinas-SP, known among the religious and Dofona Ibeije, being initiated by the hands of Augustus Caesar Babalorisá of Ile Orisha axé Omorodé N'la , the first man initiated by Mother Pussy Gantois, which is in the neighborhood gate in Lauro de Freitas-BA.
May present sudden changes in temperament, and tendency to simplify things, especially in emotional terms, reducing the time, the complex behavior of the people around him as the simplistic principles "like me" or "dislike me. This can make you hurt and disappointed with some ease. At the same time, their sorrows and pains tend to disappear with ease, while big brands. Since children generally like being in the middle of many people, from sports, social and partying.
In Brazil, there is one daughter started on this deity, Maria Jose Morales, who lives in the city of Campinas-SP, known among the religious and Dofona Ibeije, being initiated by the hands of Augustus Caesar Babalorisá of Ile Orisha axé Omorodé N'la , the first man initiated by Mother Pussy Gantois, which is in the neighborhood gate in Lauro de Freitas-BA.
The grand ceremony dedicated to Ibeji happens to September 27, the day of Saints Cosmas and Damian, when foods such as amaranth, vatapd, cookies, candies, sweets (associated with children, therefore) are offered to them as well as patrons of religious communities.
Ibeji Ketu in the nation, or nations Nvunji in Angola and Congo. It is the divinity of play, joy, his rule is linked to childhood. Ibeji is present in all the rituals of Candomble as well as Exu, if not well maintained can disrupt the work with your childish games, distorting the concentration of members of a House Ghost.
It is the divinity that governs joy, innocence and naivety of the child. His determination is to take care of the baby until adolescence, regardless of the orisha the child carries. Ibeji everything good, beautiful and pure there, a child can show us your smile, your joy, your happiness, your crawl, speak, his eyes shining.
In nature, the beauty of birdsong, the developments during the flight of birds, the beauty and fragrance of flowers. The child within us, the memories of childhood. Close your eyes and remember the happiness of a prank and you will be living or reliving a legend of the deity. For everything good that happened in our childhood, was governed and administered by Ibeji generated. Therefore, he has lived all the happiness and mischief that we all human beings live.
The word comes from Yorubaland Ere, iré, which means "fun, fun." Hence the expression Siré which means "make jokes". The Ere (not to be confused with a child in Yorubaland is Omodos) pops up right after the trance of the deity, ie, Ere is the intermediary between the start and the orisha. During the initiation ritual, the Ere is of paramount importance therefore is the Ere they often bring messages from the various orisha of the newly initiated.
The Ere actually is unawareness of the new deity-OMON, because Ere is responsible for many things and rituals passed during the period of detention. The Ere knows all the concerns of Iyawo (son), also known as OMON, there tú or "child-new." The behavior of the state started in the Ere "is more influenced by certain aspects of his personality that the character and conventional drive assigned to your deity. After the ritual of Oruka, ie name Iyawo follows a new ritual, or relearning things called Apanan.
Symbols: 2 dolls twins, two small gourds, toys;
Plants: jasmine, apple, rosemary, rose
Day: Sunday and Monday for nations and Ketu Jeju Jexá;
Color: blue, pink, green, but really likes the color itself.
Metal: tin. Its elements: fire, air.
Salutation: Omi Kissed! Bejiróó! Faramir sóibeji!.
Areas: birth and childhood. Love marriage.
Food: amaranth, coconut, couscous, sweet fruit.
Animals: birds.
Quizilas: death, whistling.
Features: cheerful, optimistic, playful, smart, hardworking, immature, stubborn, greedy.
What it does: helps children solve problems, give harmony in the family, facilitate marriages.
Health risks, allergies, sore throat, nose problems, rickets, accidents.