Ochún miguá

Meaning of Ochún miguá

For practitioners of Cuban òrìs̩à tradition, which is the Yorùbá-based religious tradition that developed in Cuba, Ochún Miguá is said to mean "Oshún (a Yorùbá river deity) brought this one in her arms." It is used within the Cuban òrìṣà community as a possible name for initiates of that goddess. The equivalent Yorùbá name in West Africa is "Ò̩s̩únmúyìíwá," which means "Ò̩s̩un (a Yorùbá river deity) brought this one."