Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Olodumare/ Alaaye/ Elemii/ Olojo/ Oni/ Olorun/ Orishanla" | Yoruba / Nigeria | A creator god to whom the souls of the dead are expected to make a confession |
God name "Obatala" | Yoruba | A creator god; he made human bodies, and his father, Olorun breathed life into them. While Olorun is considered the creator of the universe, Obatala created the world and humanity, being seen as the father of orishas and humankind. Yoruba |
God name "Obatala/ Obosom" | Yoruba | A fertility god, he makes barren women fertile & shapes the fetus in the womb |
God name "Ogun" | Nago / Edo / Yoruba / W Africa | A god of iron, hunting & war |
God name "Esu Edo" | Benin / Yoruba | A god of påśśage that stands at the gates of home of the gods |
God name "Sango" | Yoruba / Nigeria | A god of thunder |
God name "Shango" | Yoruba | A god of war, storms, thunder & fertility |
Goddess name "Oba" | Yoruba | A goddess & protector of prostitutes |
Goddess name "Oshun" | Yoruba | A goddess of healing, fertility & rivers |
Goddess name "Aja" | Yoruba | A goddess of healing, herbs & of knowledge |
Spirit name "Ori" | Yoruba | A metaphysical concept important to Yoruba spirituality and Orisha worship. |
God name "Dzakuta" | Nigeria | A sky god and the thrower of celestial stones.' The Yoruba, Nigeria |
Goddess name "Oshun" | Yoruba | A spirit-goddess who reigns over love, intimacy, beauty, wealth and diplomacy. Yoruba |
Goddess name "Oya" | Yoruba | A warrior goddess of fire, Rainstorms, justice & the wind |
"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). |
Goddess name "Egungun oya" | Africa | Another form of the Yoruba goddess of divination |
God name "Shango" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Chthonic storm god. As an earth deity he was once a mortal man, the king of Oyo, who transformed himself into an immortal. According to tradition, during his life he breathed tongues of fire. He then ascended into the sky by climbing a golden chain and became the god of thunder and lightning. He is also god of justice, punishing thieves and liars. His consorts include OYA, Oshun and Oba. Cult followers of Shango are believed to be able to make lightning strike an adversary. In shrines to Shango, the image of the god is adorned with a ram's head. Also SANGO.... |
God name "Olodumare" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Creator god. He engendered the god OBATALA as his deputy. The souls of the dead are expected to make confession to Olodumare. When he created the earth, he filled a snail's shell with dirt, placed inside it a hen and a pigeon and threw it down, whereupon the hen and pigeon began to scatter the earth and create land. Olodumare then sent a chameleon to report on progress. Sand was added, followed by a palm, a coconut and a kola nut tree. When these were established the god placed on earth the first sixteen humans. Also Alaaye; Elemii; Olojo Oni; Olorun; Orishanla.... |