Ogun

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1) An orisha in the Yoruba religion, the god of war and technology.
 * 1) An orisha in the Yoruba religion, the god of war and technology.

Etymology 1
From, ultimately from , equivalent. Likely a, referring to deified ancestors and veneration of the dead, see.
 * The concept of Ogun as the embodiment of iron and hunting likely dates to the Iron Age and is thus present in most religious/spiritual practices of Volta-Niger and Benue-Congo speaking peoples. Two groups of cognates exist. The first ones are those in which this spirit is personified as a deity and becoming a proper noun, see 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. However, other cognates maintain the noun form of this word as simply the energy or spirit associated with killing, see 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, or possibly 🇨🇬. The root term could be cognate with Volta-Niger language terms for "kill," see 🇨🇬 or perhaps, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.  This is likely especially since 🇨🇬 means "corpse," and the term also greatly resembles the verb to die in Yorùbá,.

Proper noun

 * , patron of warriors, hunters, blacksmiths, and ironworkers.
 * 1)  August, the third month of the traditional Yoruba calendar, the ; named in honor of Ògún. Many Ògún festivals are held during this month.
 * 1)  August, the third month of the traditional Yoruba calendar, the ; named in honor of Ògún. Many Ògún festivals are held during this month.

Etymology 2
From.