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The Yoruba have a large population in West Africa and broad dispersion through enslavement in the Americas. [ 1 ] The Republic of Benin and Nigeria contain the highest concentrations of Yoruba people and Yoruba faiths in all of Africa .
The Yorùbá believe that previous bearers of a name have an impact on the influence of the name in a child's life. Yorùbá names are traditionally classified into five categories: [2] Orúko Àmútọ̀runwá 'Destiny Names', ("names assumed to be brought from heaven" or derived from a religious background). Examples are: Àìná, Ìgè, and ...
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 ...
Oduduwa was a Yoruba divine king, legendary founder of the Ife Empire and a creator deity in the Yoruba religion. His earthly origins are from the village of Oke Ora [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to tradition, he was the holder of the title of the Olofin of Ile-Ife , the Yoruba holy city . [ 3 ]
Pages in category "Yoruba given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 234 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The Odu Ifá corpus consists of 256 sacred poems, each associated with a specific set of symbols, known as Ikin Ifá. These symbols are used to divine the future, understand the present, and interpret the past. The Odu Ifá poems contain a wealth of knowledge, including myths, legends, historical events, and philosophical teachings.
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.
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".