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From the Yoruba language, Olorun's name is a contraction of the words oní (which denotes ownership or rulership) and ọ̀run (which means the Heavens, abode of the spirits). Another name, Olodumare, comes from the phrase "O ní odù mà rè" meaning "the owner of the source of creation that does not become empty," "or the All Sufficient".
Egungun, masked costumed figures of the Yoruba people. Egungun, Yoruba language: Egúngún, also known as Ará Ọ̀run (The collective dead) in the broadest sense is any Yoruba masquerade or masked, costumed figure. [1] More specifically, it is a Yoruba masquerade for ancestor reverence, or the ancestors themselves as a collective force.
Ogun's centrality to the Yoruba religion has resulted in his name being retained in Santería religion, as well as the Shango religion of Trinidad and Tobago. In Santería, Ogún is syncretized with Saint Peter , James the Great , Saint Paul , Saint Michael the Archangel , and John the Baptist ; he is the deity of war and metals.
The names of the children are traditionally found by divination performed by a group of Babalawo – traditional Ifá priests, but in recent times names can also come from those of ranking members of the family, including the father, mother, grandparents, or next of kin. Both the mother and father and other elderly relatives can give their own ...
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A symbol of the Yoruba religion (Isese) with labels Yoruba divination board Opon Ifá. According to Kola Abimbola, the Yorubas have evolved a robust cosmology. [1] Nigerian Professor for Traditional African religions, Jacob K. Olupona, summarizes that central for the Yoruba religion, and which all beings possess, is known as "Ase", which is "the empowered word that must come to pass," the ...
Ọrunmila (Yoruba: Ọ̀rúnmìlà, also Ọrúnla [1] or Orúla in Latin America) is the Orisha of Wisdom, knowledge, and Divination, is the creator of Ifá and Babalawo concept. He is a high priest of Ifá.
However, an assessment of Yoruba traditional religion shows that each of the 201 deity are understood by their descendants and adherents to have carried out the creation of the earth. [5] This suggests the beginning of the world is an aspect of Yoruba cosmogenesis associated with numerous deities in Yoruba pantheons beyond Obatala or Oduduwa.