Oxossi Facon



Historical Background
Oxóssi is the spirit associated with the hunt, forests, animals, and wealth of the Yoruba religion in West Africa and subsequently in Brazil. He is spirit of meals, because it is he who provides food. He is associated with lightness, astuteness, wisdom, and craftiness in the hunt.

A facón is a fighting and utility knife widely used in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay as the principal tool and weapon of the gaucho of the South American pampas.