Editing Ogun (section)

===Sacrifice===
Meats are sacrifices for Ogun. Dogs are the traditional companions of hunters, but Ogun's personality is also seen as "doglike": aggressive, able to face danger, and straightforward. Other sacrificial animals associated with Ogun are the [[spitting cobra]] (blacksnake); its behavior is aggressive and fearless. Hunters and blacksmiths avoid eating or witnessing the mating of blacksnakes. Other important sacrificial offerings to Ogun are the ''[[Clarias submarginatus]]'' (a species of catfish), [[alligator pepper]], [[kola nut]]s, [[palm wine]] and red palm oil, small rats, roosters, salt, snails, tortoise, water, and yams.{{sfn|Clyne|1998}} Many of these sacrificial offerings were carried into New World traditions.

[[Oríkì]] is a Yoruba cultural phenomenon that comes in the form of praise poetry, praising either a person, òrìṣà (deity), or town based on their achievements. Ogun worshippers are known to sing Ogun's oríkì and this specific part insinuates that Ògún is in seven paths. 

*Ògún méje logun mi,
*Ògún alára ni n gb’aja,
*Ògún onire a gb’àgbò,
*Ògún Ikọla a gb'agbín,
*Ògún gbengbena oje ìgí nìí mu,
*Ògún ila a gb’esun iṣu,
*Ògún akirin a gb’awo agbo,
*Ògún elémono ẹran ahùn ni jẹ,
*mákindé ti dogun lẹyin odi,
*Bi o ba gba Tapa a gb’Aboki,
*A gba Ukuuku a gba Kèmbèrí.

Translation:

*My Ògún manifest in seven different ways
*Ogun of the town of Ilara accepts a dog atonement
*Ogun of the town of Ire accepts a ram atonement
*Ogun of the town of Ikole accepts a snail atonement
*Ogun of woodcarvers drinks tree sap for atonement
*Ogun of the town of Ila accept roasted yam atonement
*Ogun of the Akirin people accepts ram for atonement
*Ogun of the Elemono people eats tortoise meat for atonement
*The brave that wages foreign wars
*He will consume either [[Nupe people|Nupe]], or [[Hausa people|Hausa]]
*He consumes foreign people, He will consume the [[Kanuri people|Kanuri]] too.