The other Orisa include Eshu, Lord of paradox, he who “throws a stone today and kills a bird yesterday”, wearer of the cap that is both black and red, sage adult and mischievous child, and, yet, holder of the creative power that sustains the cosmos, the ase of Olodumare, the supreme being. He could be seen as embodying the paradoxical coexistence of contraries as fundamental to existence, as symbolizing the cosmos as the axis within which contraries revolve and converge (Idowu, 1962,80-85;Gates,1989,3-43,Abimbola,1975).Ogun, warrior, hunter, Lord of iron, cyclonic force, master of the crossing of primordial realms between deities and human beings (Soyinka, 1990,1979).Oshun, provider of children to those in need, “the young… velvet skinned concubine”,“desirable and seductive”, “whose life giving force [is] available to all [and also] the ancient woman steeped in magic”, “the archaic force of water”, cradle of deities, guide of Timohin, founder of Oshogbo(Beier,1975, 35-38,83)