Ogún's protection is especially important in questions related to surgery and operations of all kinds, fevers, accidents where there's profuse bleeding, and any kind of wound caused by metal. Eleguá, Ogún, Ochosi and Osun are known as the guerreros (warriors). His priests sometimes wear an achabbá (metal charm bracelet or anklet with tools, machetes, keys, locks and other pieces of metal hanging from it.) Traditionally, Ogún lives in a three-legged metal cauldron with Ochosi, and he's placed next to Eleguá. In some lineages, Ogún's necklace also takes purple, brown or red beads mixed in with the green and black. His eleke (necklace) consists of alternating green and black beads. His feast day is June 29, coinciding with that of Saint Peter. Ogún's days of the week are Tuesday and Wednesday, and the 4th day of every month. He was married at one time to Oyá, but she left him for Changó some lineages say the brothers became enemies because of Oyá's infidelity, but other lineages say the rivalry is exaggerated and the two Orichas still work together on occasion. After his encounter with Ochún, Ogún calmed down and lost his bitterness. She sought out Ogún and seduced him with her beauty and sweetness. To save the world from arayé, Ochún, the goddess of love, intervened. Otherwise, Ogún was always alone, working day and night, miserable and unhappy, and he started to spread ofoché (magical powders) around the world to create arayé (tragedy, discord). Only his brother Ochosi, the great hunter, saw him from time to time. He told Obatalá that he would go live in the wilderness all alone and devote himself completely to work for the rest of eternity. Before Obatalá could punish him, Ogún cursed himself. On one occasion, Ogún escaped Eleguá's watchful eye and forced himself on Yemú, but he was caught in the act by Obatalá. The stories say that Ogún was in love with his mother and wanted to have carnal relations with her, but Eleguá was always on the lookout and stopped him. Often Changó is also mentioned as a brother or half brother. The patakis (sacred stories) tell us that Ogún's father is Obatalá, his mother is Yemú (Yembó), and his brothers are Eleguá and Ochosi. When the Orichas came to earth, Ogún was given the task of clearing the forests with his machete. Generally, he's portrayed as a solitary blacksmith or ironmonger who lives alone in the forest. He's associated with knives, machetes, nails, metal tools, firearms and other weapons, as well as mountains. Ogún (Oggún) is the owner of all metals and minerals, especially iron.
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