Author: Canizares, Raul

Aganju is most often referred to as the Volcano.He is also the Orisa of untamed lands,from desert to mountains, the brother-husband of Yemoja.

Like Olokun, is fabulously wealthy.

As Lord of Caves he owns all the mineral wealth of the earth. Aganju is also the navigator, knowing the safe passages and fjords across the river.

Followers of Santeria equate him with St. Christopher, for like St. Christopher, he will dance at a bembe with little children on his shoulders.

Aganju is the bearer of burdens, (the shoulders and back belong to Aganju) the defender of the helpless, down trodden and enslaved. Aganju is a force of life that overcomes obstacles and does the impossible.