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The Republic of Benin and Nigeria contain the highest concentrations of Yoruba people and Yoruba faiths in all of Africa. Brazil , Cuba , Puerto Rico , Haiti , Trinidad and Tobago are the countries in the Americas where Yoruba cultural influences are the most noticeable, particularly in popular religions like Vodon, Santéria , Camdomblé, and ...
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".
Babalú-Aye (from Yoruba Obalúayé), Oluaye, Ṣọpọna, Ayé in Trinidad Orisha, [1] or Obaluaiye, is one of the orishas or manifestations of the supreme creator god Olodumare in the Yoruba religion of West Africa. Babalú-Aye is the spirit of the Earth and strongly associated with infectious disease, and healing.
Its meaning signifies the value and blessing invested into anyone bearing this name, most times reflecting the high hopes and spiritual gratitude of the parents. Notable people bearing the name [ edit ]
In Yoruba history, the Òrìshàs were sacred beings with divine powers, and the belief in them continues beyond West Africa, having been transmitted by slaves and their descendants in the ...
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 ...
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.
Oluwafeyisayo – This is a name for girls, and it means God uses this (one) to add to (my) joy/God Has Turned This Gift into Joy. Oluwatobi – A name for both boys and girls meaning God is big, or God is mighty. Oluwatofunmi – A Yoruba name for girls meaning God is enough for me, or God is sufficient for me. Oluwatomiwa – Given to both ...