Oshun: References & Edit History

The orisha Oshun is discussed in greater detail in Diedre Badejo, Osun Seegesi: The Elegant Deity of Wealth, Power, and Femininity (1996); and Joseph M. Murphy and Mei-Mei Sanford (eds.), Oṣun Across the Waters: A Yoruba Goddess in Africa and the Americas (2001).

Treatment of Oshun within the broader context of all orishas or other female deities can be found in Elisabeth Benard and Beverly Moon (eds.), Goddesses Who Rule (2000); Tobe Melora Correal, Finding Soul on the Path of Orisa: A West African Spiritual Tradition (2002); Gary Edwards and John Mason, Black Gods: Òrìṣà Studies in the New World, rev. 4th ed. (1998); Toyin Falola and Ann Genova (eds.), Orisa: Yoruba Gods and Spiritual Identity in Africa and the Diaspora (2006); Shahrukh Husain, The Goddess: Power, Sexuality, and the Feminine Divine (2003); and Carl Olson (ed.), The Book of the Goddess, Past and Present: An Introduction to Her Religion (1983, reprinted 2003).