Origin: Dahomey Kingdom
Classification: Warrior Orisha of Wild Forces

Introduction
Kokou dances in blood-rusted machetes—"His ecstasy is battle; his mercy, swift death."

Cosmic Role

Domain: Warfare, possession trance, iron

Sacred Duty: Catalyst of revolutionary fury

Energy Signature: Feral intensity, unyielding force

Sacred Expressions
Manifests as:

Frenzied whirl in vodun ceremonies

Cassava leaves staining laterite red

Screech of grinding machetes

Ancestral Lineage

Brother: Gu (iron deity)

Patron of: Hunters and soldiers

Names & Epithets

Koku (Violent Energy)

Ogun Kokou (Syncretized with Yoruba Ogun)

Powers

Grants invincibility in combat

Inspires anti-colonial resistance

Heals through traumatic catharsis

Modern Resonance

"In Beninese protests against dictatorship,
In trauma therapists using drum trance—Kokou’s fury still breaks chains."