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  2. Ọlọrun - Wikipedia

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    In Yoruba culture, Ọlọrun is credited with creating the universe and all living things. Ọlọrun is frequently perceived as a compassionate entity who protects its creations and is thought to be omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. People do not worship Olorun directly; there are no sacred areas of worship, no iconography.

  3. Yoruba religion - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. List of Yoruba deities - Wikipedia

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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 , Jamaica , Trinidad and Tobago are the countries in the Americas where Yoruba cultural influences are the most noticeable, particularly in popular religions like Vodon, Santéria ...

  5. Agemo (deity) - Wikipedia

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    In one myth, Agemo helped his master Olorun win in a competition against Olokun, the goddess of the sea. Olokun was skilled at weaving and dyeing cloth, which made her think that she was superior to all of the other Orishas, including Olorun. She challenged Olorun to a cloth-making contest to determine who was truly superior.

  6. Orisha - Wikipedia

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    Yoruba Religion: Orisha Yorubaland: Ayangalu: Drummer, Gángan Yoruba People: Yoruba Religion: Orisha Yorubaland: Ara Ara Weather, Storm, Thunder Yoruba People: Yoruba Religion: Orisha Yorubaland: Ayelala: Punishes Crime Yoruba People (Part) Yoruba Religion (Part) Orisha Yorubaland (Part) Aroni Beauty Of Nature, Spirit Of The Forest, Herb ...

  7. Ọrunmila - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Eshu - Wikipedia

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    Èṣùu partially serves as an alternate name for Eleggua, the messenger for all Orishas, and that there are 256 paths to Eleggua—each one of which is an Eshu.It is believed that Èṣù of the ìṣẹ̀ṣe Religion is an Òrìṣà similar to Eleggua, but there are only 101 paths to Eshu according to ocha, rather than the 256 paths to Eleggua according to Ifá.

  9. Aṣẹ - Wikipedia

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    Aṣẹ, àṣẹ [1], aṣe [2], ase, or ashe is a Yoruba philosophy that is defined to represent the power that makes things happen and produces change in the Yoruba religion. It is believed to be given by Olódùmarè to everything — gods, ancestors , spirits, humans, animals, plants, rocks, rivers, and voiced words such as songs, prayers ...