�s�n. �s�n is the owner of the river that bears the same name in Nigeria, West Africa. The river runs a long life, but the most important spot in the river is in Osogbo where �s�n established her worship center. �s�n is our mother, as well as our friend. There are over 40 personalities, manifestations, or roads of �s�n each with their own specific likes and dislikes. For example, some �s�ns love to eat snails, while others hate it and will always refuse it as an offering. Even though she is most famous in Osogbo, she also has �gb� followers in Ibadan even though there is no river here, Ijesa, Lagos, as well as all over Nigeria.
�s�n's most popular qualities are those of motherhood and love life. Women all over the world, especially in Osogbo, pray to �s�n for pregnancy and help in their marriages. Every year at the annual �s�n festival in Osogbo women line her river and drink from it, bathe from it, and offer sacrifices to it so their wishes can be fulfilled. You can also find women at the river giving thanks to �s�n for having answered their prayers in the past.
Through slavery �s�n took on different characteristics. In Brazil, the largest �r�s� worshipping population in the Western Hemisphere, �s�n is manifested with Nossa Senhora da Concei��o Aparecida, a beautiful Black Madonna Virgin Mary. In Cuba she became La Caridad del Cobre, a white Virgin Mary.
When �s�n is greeted in prayer and at feasts, her followers scream out in praise "Ore, Yeye o!" Though her likes and dislikes vary depending on the specific manifestation of �s�n, in general she may like things of white, red, or yellow;gold;copper;bronze color. She loves traditional Nigerian jewelry, bronze bracelets and beautiful beads.
There are so many versions of stories for �s�n out there, please follow the links below to read her stories in the different traditions.