Meaning
Ọ̀ṣun's blessings provide the essential joy and health that preserve human life.
Usage Context
Sung or spoken during offerings to sweeten requests or acknowledge sudden financial or personal prosperity.
Salt represents vital preservation, flavor, and currency. By calling Ọ̀ṣun the child of the 'owner of the salt,' the proverb honors her ability to transform a bland or barren life into something joyful, rich, and prosperous. She is the one who adds the necessary 'flavor' and health to human existence.
Ọ̀ṣun's blessings provide the essential joy and health that preserve human life.
Sung or spoken during offerings to sweeten requests or acknowledge sudden financial or personal prosperity.
Ọ̀ṣun ṣé rere, ọmọ oníyọ̀.
Ọ̀ṣun does good, child of the one who owns the salt. She provides the flavor and sweetness that makes life worth living.