Olokun amongst the Ika/Edo people

Olokun is a male river and ocean deity and the primary deity sacred to the Edo/Ika and Delta people of Nigeria. Olokun iconography is done with native white chalk (nzun).

The circle is an important diagram, it represents infinity.  The circle is used for protection and once drawn people can stand in it to propitiate or pray to Olokun, asking for divine protection. Objects of spirituality for rituals or sacrifices can be placed in the circle. Once the circle is drawn the protective powers of Olokun are invoked. Other icons include the four points or four lines crossed. This is the intersection of the heavens and the earth and where all forces meet. It shows the Ebu -orimi - where different forces meet, on Earth, also seen as the road junction. At the four points, four white candles or two white and two red can be lit to invoke Olokun and all the forces to attend to our prayers.

​Four straight lines represent the four market days of the Ika people and it also represents the four quarters of the earth, the four cardinal directions. This invokes the market forces and four powers that guard the four quarters of the world. Due to the fact that Olokun grants great wealth, he supervises all the spirits that bring wealth to the market and as the eldest son of Oselobue, he supervises the spirits that control the quarters of the Earth. Four candles or lamps are placed at the edges of the four lines.

Below is the Okenren Uku. She is the chief priestess of Olokun amongst the Ika people of the Delta, serving the high Chiefs of the Delta/Edo people and Baba Solomon's direct elder, as he is next in line for this title.