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"There is a lot of speculations, but let us go to the original story
and work on it. It has been told in different ways, that once while
Castro was hiding in Sierra Maestra he met a very powerful warlock from
Haiti (others say from Jamaica), who believed in Castro's good faith
and told him the story of a puzzling Yoruba deity, one legged
OsaÃn (Also written Osain or Ozain) and the power of his three giro
containers (containing world power, health recovery and a dominating,
convincing speech). Osain was one of the most versatile gods in the Yoruba pantheon,
mischievous and rebellious like Hermes, antagonistic like Hephaistos
(who was crippled by Zeus). Osain lost one eye, on arm and one leg when
hit by lightning by the Yoruba Zeus or Shango´. In such guise, Osain
was a popular deity. However, he also had a dark side. Osain was also a
combination of the first four deities, Oggue (witchcraft), Igban
(destiny and roads), Ala-Ayer (the whole world) and Okini Eleyo
(Nature, Castro's weak point). Then came another fusion with 9 eggun,
among the powerful Eweha, the spirit of the herbs to cure that keep
Castro alive." "Castro," continues our religious Communist, "wanted all the
black man's power and demanded for a way to directly contact Osain as
a whole unity. The man warned him no to do that. That only he was
allowed and powerful enough to invoke Osain who lived in his blood. A
practical Castro killed the man (some said he was the only man Castro
murdered a la Che Guevara), spilled his blood in an offering to Osain and
demanded the power he sustains today. Other go as far as to say that
Castro even drank his blood. True or false, today that part of the
Sierra Maestra where the cave guards the remains of the warlock and the
three giros remains off limit, even for his brother Raul." Is there variations of this story? I asked. "Yes. Some said the warlock was actually a witch, a woman. Osain who
is a misogynous deity wanted to take revenge against her for
appropriating his powers. By killing her Castro pleased the god to the
extreme of granting him all the powers he wanted... As long as Castro
kept this story secret he would have no problem. Somehow, someone else
learned about it. And now many people are beginning to recite the
story. It all may be a fantasy, an allegory to an impending end.
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