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  2. Ọbatala - Wikipedia

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    Orishas do not "come down" from the spiritual plane to eat (literally speaking) the animal being offered. [9] Traditionally speaking, for sacrificial offerings to Obatala, considered an orixá-funfun (literally "white orisha"), the animals or their parts should be completely white, such as the white blood of the mollusk called Igbin (Achatina ...

  3. Orisha - Wikipedia

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    Statues of Orishas in the water at Dique do Tororó Park, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil The orisa are grouped as those represented by the color white, who are characterized as tutu "cool, calm, gentle, and temperate"; and those represented by the colors red or black, who are characterized as gbigbona "bold, strong, assertive, and easily annoyed".

  4. Yoruba art - Wikipedia

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    Wooden Door (Ilekun) with carved motifs Iron and wood staff (Opa Orisha Oko); 19th century; Brooklyn Museum. The Orí-Inú, or the inner spiritual head, is very important to the Yoruba people. One's Orí-Inú is very important in terms of existing in the world. The priority goes to the Orí for any household. Thus, shrines are built in the houses.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Ibeji - Wikipedia

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    Ibeji (known as Ibejí, Ibeyí, or Jimaguas in Latin America) is the name of an Orisha representing a pair of divine twins in the Yoruba religion of the Yoruba people (originating from Yorubaland, an area in and around present-day Nigeria). [1] In the diasporic Yoruba spirituality of Latin America, Ibeji are syncretized with Saints Cosmas and ...

  7. List of Yoruba deities - Wikipedia

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    Aganjú - orisha that was a warrior king, walked with a sword as a staff, and is associated with fire. He is not associated with volcanoes in Yorùbáland in West Africa, contrary to what is believed in Cuban-style practice of orisa.

  8. Ọba (orisha) - Wikipedia

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    Ọbà (known as Obá in Latin America) is the orisha of the River Oba, the source of which lies near Igbon, where her worship originates. [1] During the wars of the 19th century, her centers of worship moved to the more secure town Ogbomosho. [2] She is traditionally identified as the senior wife of Shango (the third king of the Oyo Empire and ...

  9. 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.

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