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Apr 26, 2023 · Upon learning that his own family had conspired against him, Shango hanged himself from an ayan tree. Later, during a storm in Oyo, Shango’s voice boomed from the sky. He declared that he had not died but had instead returned to his place among the oriṣas.
Apr 1, 2024 · One popular narrative suggests that Shango, overwhelmed by the guilt of having unintentionally killed his own family members with lightning and facing the ruin of his palace by fire, decided to hang himself.
Aug 31, 2024 · Defeated in the eyes of the majority of his subjects, Shango left Oyo and committed suicide by hanging himself. His faithful followers, however, claimed that he really ascended to the heavens on a chain.
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Sep 12, 2024 · However, Shango took it too far when he decided to test his powers on a mountain close to his own city. He lost control of the thunder and mistakingly attacked Oyo. Ironically, the thunder landed in his own house and killed everyone inside.
After a heated battle, Gbonga is forced to kill Timi. Enraged by this, Gbonga goes up against Shango and challenges him to a fight in front of all the people of the kingdom.
Other legends exists where it is said that Shango killed his children and spouses because his experiments with the powder, after regreting that he became an Orisha.
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Shango is a man like myself, and when young could not be controlled by his parents, so they left him to his rascality. He used to waylay people on the roads and kill them, so all the Orishas (201) tried to find him, each giving one man.
