Ogun controls quarrels and gives work to the unemployed.
Ogun is the patron of blacksmiths, butchers, doctors, and barbers. His domain includes any occupation that uses knives or blades, or iron tools. Ogun is characterized as rigid and strong, much like the metals he presides over. He is also the god of truth and justice, and in Yoruba courts, devotees of the faith swear to tell the truth by kissing a machete sacred to Ogun.
Patron Saint of metals and all working people. He is the overseer of policemen soldiers and doctors.
