Under slavery in Cuba, Yoruba practice survived by mapping the orisha onto Catholic saints whose attributes matched: Shango to Saint Barbara, Yemayá to Our Lady of Regla, Ogun to Saint Peter. Whether this was disguise, genuine syncretism, or both is debated among practitioners and scholars, and the answer probably varies by generation. The name Santería — "way of the saints" — was originally a slur about excessive attention to them, and many practitioners prefer Lucumí or Regla de Ocha.