 Oxaguian (Oxalá as a young man) is the son of Oxalufa (Oxalá as an old man) and was born in Ifè. After a long journey, he arrived in Ejigbô and made himself king, which yielded him the name of ''Eléèjigbô'' (king of Ejigbô). One of the characteristics of this orixá is his unsatiable hunger for crushed yams root, which he eats day and night; this lead to the other orixá naming him ''Orixá comedor de inhame pilado'' (orixá eater of crushed yams root) which is said ''Oisá-Je-Iyán'' in Yoruba, and becomes Òrìsájiyán orÒrìságiyán after contraction. One says he invented the mortar to facilitate the preparation of his favorite dish. His adepts wear necklaces of blue beads and white clothes. The day of the week that is dedicated to him is thursday and he is synchretised with the child Jesus. His symbols are the sword and the pestle. When he manifests himself in an adept, he performs an energetic dance and moves the hand as if he was using an imaginary pestle. | 