| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Aja" | Yoruba | A goddess of healing, herbs & of knowledge |
| Spirit name "Ajalamo" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | God of unborn children. According to legend, in some vague mythological realm there exist rows of shelves with spirits of the unborn. These are the responsibility of Ajalamo.... |
| God name "Ajalamo Yoruba" | Africa | God of fetuses. west Africa() / Nigeria |
| Goddess name "Aje" | Yoruba | Goddess of wealth in all its forms Yoruba |
| Goddess name "Aje" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Goddess of wealth. She is thought to appear as a fowl scratching the earth and, in creation mythology, was sent down with ODUDUWA, the earth goddess.... |
"Among the Yoruba" | Africa / Nigeria | Aja also refer to a "wild wind";. It's believed that if someone is carried away by aja, and then returns,he becomes a powerful "jujuman". The journey supposedly will have a duration of between seven days to three months, and the person so carried is thought to have gone to the land of the dead or heaven (0run). |
| God name "Dzakuta" | Nigeria | A sky god and the thrower of celestial stones.' The Yoruba, Nigeria |
| Goddess name "Egungun oya" | Africa | Another form of the Yoruba goddess of divination |
| God name "Eji Ogbe" | Africa | God who is king of the pantheon Africa(west) / Nigeria / Yoruba |
| God name "Eji Ogbe" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Tutelary god. The so-called king of the pantheon and mentioned in a legend of the dove which is a symbol of prosperity.... |
| God name "Eschu" | Africa / Yoruba | The god of mischief, is the son of Lusa and Mahu. He supported Legba in giving power of the loa to a mortal as a force of good against the evil unleashed by their brother Sagbata. Africa / Yoruba |
| Deities name "Eschu/ Legba" | Yoruba / Africa | These deities are messengers between gods & mortals, not very nice either |
"Eshu" | Yoruba / Fon | Divine messenger. Yoruba / Fon |
| God name "Eshu" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Itinerant god. An ancient deity regarded as the attendant and messenger of the creator god OLODUMARE. He påśśes among mortal people åśśessing character and meting out punishment. Devotees are identified by necklaces of black or brown beads.... |
| God name "Esu" | Benin / Yoruba | The dark side of God. He is an independent entity and timeless. Benin / Yoruba |
| God name "Esu Edo" | Benin / Yoruba | A god of påśśage that stands at the gates of home of the gods |
| God name "Ifa" | Yoruba | God of wisdom, knowledge and divining Yoruba |
| God name "Ifa" | Yoruba / western Nigeria, West Africa | God of wisdom. An oracular deity who, according to tradition, lives in a sanctuary in the holy city of Ile Ife but who is called on by the tutelary god, OLDUMARE, for advice. He is the father of eight children, all of whom became paramount chiefs.... |
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