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  2. 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 ...

  3. List of Yoruba deities - Wikipedia

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    Nàná Bùkùú - orisha of the river and of the earth; Ọbà - first wife of Ṣàngó and orisha of domesticity and marriage; Ọtìn - orisha of the river Otín, she is hunter and wife of Erinlẹ̀; Olókun - orisha of the ocean; Ọ̀ṣun - orisha who presides over love, intimacy, beauty, wealth, diplomacy and of the Osun river

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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.

  6. Ogun - Wikipedia

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    In Yoruba religion, Ogun is a primordial orisha in Yoruba Land. In some traditions, he is said to have cleared a path for the other orisha to enter Earth, using a metal axe and with the assistance of a dog. To commemorate this, one of his praise names, or oriki, is Osin Imole or the "first of the primordial Orisha to come to Earth". He is the ...

  7. Oshun - Wikipedia

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    Oshun (also Ọṣun, Ochún, and Oxúm) is the Yoruba orisha associated with love, sexuality, fertility, femininity, water, destiny, divination, purity, and beauty, and the Osun River, and of wealth and prosperity in Voodoo. [1] [2] [3] She is considered the most popular and venerated of the 401 orishas. [4]

  8. Oshunmare - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Color: purple or burgundy, the rainbow ... Oshunmare (known as Ochumaré or Oxumaré in Latin America) is an ...

  9. Oshosi - Wikipedia

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    Oshosi is the spirit associated with the hunt, forests, animals, and wealth. [2] [4] He is spirit of meals, because it is he who provides food.He is associated with lightness, astuteness, wisdom, and craftiness in the hunt.