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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 ...
Baba Ifa Karade, The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts, Weiser Books, York Beach, New York, 1994. ISBN 0-87728-789-9 Gary Edwards (Author), John Mason (Author), Black Gods – Orisa Studies in the New World , 1998.
Yoruba gods (18 P) Pages in category "Yoruba deities" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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. [2] 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 ...
This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere; List of fictional deities; List of goddesses; List of people who have been considered deities; see also apotheosis, Imperial cult and Sacred king
The Yoruba believe that Olodumare is omnipotent and is the source of all. [58] Olodumare is aloof; he is not directly involved in earthly matters and lets other Yoruba deities , who are his sons and daughters, answer human concerns through divination, possession, sacrifice and more. [59]
Pages in category "Yoruba gods" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aganju; Agemo (deity)
List of Yoruba deities This page was last edited on 20 January 2024, at 06:58 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...