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West-African religion
The Yorùbá religion (Yoruba: Ìṣẹ̀ṣe [ìʃɛ̀ʃē]), West African Orisa (Òrìṣà [òɾìʃà]), or Isese (Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), comprises the traditional religious and spiritual
Yoruba_religion
Ethnic group in West Africa
The Yoruba people (/ˈjɒrʊbə/ YORR-uub-ə; Yoruba: Ìran Yorùbá, Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire) are a West African ethnic group who inhabit parts of Nigeria
Yoruba_people
Supreme Being in the Yoruba religion
Supreme Being in the Yoruba religion and related syncretic religions. Ọlọrun is also called numerous other names including Olodumare (Yoruba alphabet: Olódùmarè)
Ọlọrun
Atlantic-Congo language
Yoruba vocabulary is also used in African diaspora religions such as the Afro-Brazilian religions of Candomblé and Umbanda, the Caribbean religion of
Yoruba_language
Metaphysical concept in the Yoruba religion
often personified as an Orisha in its own right. It is believed by the Yoruba religion that human beings are able to heal themselves both spiritually and
Ori_(Yoruba)
Divine beings in the Yoruba religion
orisha) are divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba religion of West Africa and several religions of the African diaspora that derive from it, such
Orisha
Topics referred to by the same term
Volta–Niger language family Yoruba alphabet, a Latin alphabet used to write in the Yoruba language Yoruba religion, West African religion Yorubaland, the region
Yoruba
Deity of war, iron and blacksmiths in the Yoruba religion
Ogun (Yoruba: Ògún) is a major Orisha in the Yoruba religion that is also adopted in several other African religions. Ògún is revered as a powerful deity
Ogun
Deity in the Yoruba religion
trickery, chance, crossroads, judgement, duality and languages in the Yoruba religion. Eṣu is a prominent primordial divinity (a delegated Irúnmọlẹ̀ sent
Eshu
Deity of roads in some African religions
the Yoruba religion, Santería, Winti, Umbanda, Quimbanda, and Candomblé. Elegua is known as Ẹlẹ́gbára (Ẹlẹ́gbáa is the reduced spelling) in the Yoruba religion
Elegua
and the Yoruba are religiously diverse, with most following either Christianity or Islam, though a significant number practice the Yoruba religion. Most
Religion_in_Nigeria
Distinctive cultural norms prevail in Yorubaland and among the Yoruba people. The Yoruba are said to be religious people, but they are also pragmatic and
Yoruba_culture
Yoruba orisha
purity, wealth, prosperity and beauty, and the Osun River, in the Yoruba religion. She is considered one of the most popular and venerated of the 401
Oshun
Americans of Yoruba birth or descent
Yoruba Americans (Yoruba: Àwọn ọmọ Yorùbá Amẹrika) are Americans of Yoruba descent. The Yoruba people are a West African ethnic group that predominantly
Yoruba_Americans
Spirit World in the Yoruba religion
afterworld for the deceased and the abode of the divinities in the Yoruba religion. It was created and is ruled by Olodumare, the Supreme Deity. It is
Ọrun
Annual cultural and Yoruba celebration
religious celebration observed by practitioners of the Yoruba religion and enthusiasts of Yoruba cultural values and traditional institutions primarily
Ìṣẹ̀ṣe_Day
Orisha of the deep sea in the Yoruba religion
Olokun (Yoruba: Olókun [olókũ]) is an orisha in Yoruba religion. Olokun is the deity of the bottom of the ocean and is believed to be the parent of Ajé
Olokun
African diasporic religion from Cuba
diaspora religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th century. It arose amid a process of syncretism between the traditional Yoruba religion of West
Santería
Major deity in the Yoruba religion
Ọrunmila (Yoruba: Ọ̀rúnmìlà, also Ọrúnla or Orúla in Latin America) is one of the most principal deities in the Yoruba religion, venerated as the Orisha
Ọrunmila
Syncretic religion in Trinidad and Tobago
as Orisha religion and Shango, is a syncretic religion in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean, originally from West Africa (Yoruba religion). Trinidad
Trinidad_Orisha
Deity of healing and disease in the Yoruba religion
the Oriṣa or manifestations of the Supreme Deity Olodumare in the Yoruba religion of West Africa. Babalú-Aye is a spirit of the Earth and is strongly
Babalú-Ayé
Axe of the deity Ṣango in the Yoruba religion
Oshé (Yoruba alphabet: Oṣé) is the double-headed battle axe of the thunder deity Ṣango in Yoruba religion, sometimes considered to be representing bolts
Oshé
Yoruba religious concept
In Yoruba religion, aṣẹ, àṣẹ, aṣe, ase, or ashe is a postulated natural force or power that creates, catalyzes or facilitates change in the natural world
Aṣẹ
Order of primordial deities in the Yoruba religion
Irunmọlẹ (Yoruba: Irúnmọlẹ̀) are a group of primordial divine beings, or orishas, in the Yoruba religion, a West African religion practised by the Yoruba people
Irunmọlẹ
Yoruba king and deity
also pronounced Ooduwa, Odudua or Oòdua) was a Yoruba divine king, an Oriṣa in the Yoruba religion, and the progenitor who ushered in the classical
Oduduwa
Orisha in the Yorùbá religion
She is the patroness of the Niger River (known to the Yorùbá as the Odò-Ọya). In the Yoruba religion, Ọya was married three times, first to the warrior orisha
Ọya
King of the Orisha in Yoruba religion
Oriṣanla (lit. 'The Great Orisha') is the king of all oriṣa in the Yoruba religion, believed to have created the Earth (Ile Ayé) and humans. In some versions
Ọbatala
Spirit in the Yoruba religion of West Africa
Oshosi (Yoruba: Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì, Portuguese: Oxóssi) is an Orisha of the Yoruba religion in West Africa and subsequently in Brazil and Cuba. In Yorùbáland and
Oshosi
American animist (1928–2005)
priesthood of the Yoruba religion, who would then go on to become the first African-American to be crowned Oba (King) of the Yoruba of North America in
Adefunmi
Water deity and wife of Ọbatala in Yoruba religion
In Yoruba religion, Yemowo (Yoruba: Yemòwó; or Yemòó) is an oriṣa of water, maternity and creation, and her consort is Ọbatala. From the Yoruba words iye/iya
Yemowo
Messenger of Ọlọrun in Yoruba religion
In the Yoruba religion, Agẹmọ is a chameleon spirit that is the servant of Ọlọrun, the Supreme Being who created the Yoruba pantheon of deities known as
Agẹmọ
and language, the importation of Yoruba culture was most heavily evidenced in such manifestations of Yoruba religion as Santería, and Candomblé Ketu.
Yoruba people in the Atlantic slave trade
Yoruba_people_in_the_Atlantic_slave_trade
Yoruba ethnic group in Benin Republic
The Beninese or Beninois Yoruba, also referred to as the Yoruba of Benin Republic, are ethnic Yoruba people native to areas primarily situated in southeastern
Beninois_Yoruba
African traditional religion
transference of many Yoruba religious traditions to Fon and Ewe populations. This resulted in considerable overlap and similarity with Yoruba religion. Amid the
West_African_Vodún
Yoruba deity of thunder and 3rd Alaafin of the Oyo Empire
Shango (Yoruba: Ṣàngó) is the Orisha (or deity) of fire, thunder, lightning, virility, dance, drumming, strength and justice in the Yoruba religion. Genealogically
Shango
Diverse traditional beliefs and practices of African people
traditional African religions are also found around the world. In recent times, religions, such as the Yoruba religion and the Odinala religion (a traditional
African_traditional_religions
Calendar used by the Yoruba people
The Yoruba calendar (Yoruba: Kọ́jọ́dá or Kojoda) is a calendar used by the Yoruba people of southwestern and north central Nigeria and southern Benin
Yoruba_calendar
Maasai religion (Maasai people of Kenya) Sidama mythology (Sidama people of Ethiopia) Waaqeffanna (Oromo people of Ethiopia and Kenya) Yoruba religion (Yoruba
List_of_ethnic_religions
Olupona, Jacob Kẹhinde; Rey, Terry. Òrìşà Devotion as World Religion: The Globalization of Yorùbá Religious Culture, p. 23. Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2008
Major_religious_groups
Twin Orishas in the Yoruba religion
in the Yoruba religion of the Yoruba people (originating from Yorubaland, an area in and around present-day Nigeria). In the diasporic Yoruba spirituality
Ibeji
Malevolent divinities in Yoruba religion
In Yoruba religion, the Ajogun are malevolent spiritual forces or deities that interfere regularly with mortal lives. The Ajogun are seen as the polar
Ajogun
Candomblé nation
century. Queto is a system of beliefs that merges the Yoruba religion (brought to the New World by Yoruba slaves) with different influences of other African
Candomblé_Ketu
Traditional religious beliefs and practices of the Akan people
religion varies greatly by region and subgroup. Similar to other traditional religions of West and Central Africa such as West African Vodun, Yoruba religion
Akan_religion
Orisha of agriculture in Yoruba religion
Òrìṣà Oko, also known as Ocô in Brazil, is an Orisha worshipped in the Yoruba religion. According to tradition, before his death and deification, he was a
Oko_(orisha)
Non-fiction book by Bolaji E. Idowu
God in Yoruba thought, the worship of deities and the structure of Yoruba religion, the book is considered to be one of the first comprehensive studies
Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief
Olodumare:_God_in_Yoruba_Belief
This is a list of notable Yoruba people. Adebayo Salami (b. 1953), Nigerian actor, filmmaker, movie producer and director Aderounmu Adejumoke Adunni Ade
List_of_Yoruba_people
religions, both in Africa and the Americas, are often those of the Yoruba people or those that were influenced by them. These West African religions also
List_of_Yoruba_deities
Social-cultural system
Odinani, Serer religion (A ƭat Roog), and Yoruba religion, while Bushongo mythology, Mbuti (Pygmy) mythology, Lugbara mythology, Dinka religion, and Lotuko
Religion
City in Osun State, Nigeria
according to population census of 2006. According to the traditions of the Yoruba religion, Ilé-Ifẹ̀ was founded by the order of the Supreme Deity Olódùmarè by
Ifẹ
Yoruba masquerade custom figure
Egungun (Yoruba language: Egúngún, also known as Ará Ọ̀run; "the collective dead") in the broadest sense is any Yoruba masquerade or masked, costumed
Egungun
Yoruba deity of death, chastity and decomposition
chastity, decomposition and the Yewa River in the Yoruba religion and other syncretic religions. Mente Afro-brasileira (in English and Portuguese).
Yewá
U.S. nonprofit organization
America where the Yoruba culture is being practiced". Information Nigeria. Retrieved 8 January 2018. Matthews, Carol (2009). New Religions. Infobase Publishing
African Theological Archministry
African_Theological_Archministry
Yoruba ceremonial religious tool
Ifá (Yoruba: ìrọ́kẹ́ Ifá) lit.: Ifa divination tapper, is a central ritual implement used by Babaláwo in the Ifá divination system of the Yoruba people
Iroke_Ifá
Physical world in Yoruba cosmology
Ayé (Yoruba: Ayé, lit. 'life' or 'earth') is the personification of the Earth or the physical realm and an oriṣa in Yoruba religion. As the physical realm
Ayé
Yoruba Iconoclasm began in the 20th century. In the Yoruba context, objects are usually destroyed for religious reasons, with the widespread adoption of
Yoruba_iconoclasm
Divine beings associated with death
(Death) is a member. (Yoruba religion) Iku, personification of death. (Yoruba religion) Ọya, oriṣa of storms and the dead. (Yoruba religion) Babalú-Ayé, oriṣa
List_of_death_deities
Yoruba divination practice
traditional religion of the Yoruba people. It is also practiced by followers of West African Vodun and certain African diasporic religions such as Cuban
Ifá
Intentional African-American community in South Carolina
OCLC 5625761. Curry, Mary Cuthrell (1997). Making the Gods in New York (The Yoruba Religion in the African American Community). Taylor & Francis, Garland series
Oyotunji
Ruler of Ife (c.Mid-14th century)
bronze and brass casting, mononymously referred to as Ọbalufọn in the Yoruba religion. In historiography, Obalufon II is renowned for his vigorous military
Obalufon_Alayemore
Accessories in Yoruba culture
Odigba, also known as Edigba and Ejigba, (Yoruba: Òdìgbà, Èdìgbà, Èjìgbà) is the name for a bound collection of cylindrical beaded strings, collars, necklaces
Odigba
Major water Orisha in the Yoruba religion
transliterations in other languages) is a major water deity in the Yoruba religion. She is an oriṣa, and the patron spirit of rivers, particularly the
Yemọja
Topics referred to by the same term
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Orisha is a divine spirit of the Yoruba religion. Orisha or Orisa may also refer to: Orishas (band), a Cuban hip-hop/Latino
Orisha_(disambiguation)
Orisha of smallpox and aspect of Babalu Ayé in the Yoruba religion
Ṣọ̀pọ̀na (or Shapona) is the god of smallpox in the Yoruba religion. The Yoruba people took their traditions about Shapona to the New World when they
Sopona
Literature in Yoruba Language
written Yoruba was facilitated indigenously by the Yoruba people themselves. Yoruba religion is intertwined with history, with the various Yoruba clans
Yoruba_literature
Mountain in Nigeria
warfare in the 19th century. Its patron spirit is venerated in the Yoruba religion as an orisha. In addition, Olumo Rock is an important paleontological
Olumo_Rock
Topics referred to by the same term
for the Yoruba deity, Oduduwa. Odu, shirt name of Nigerian footballer Nnamdi Oduamadi (born 1990) Odù Ifá, sacred corpus of the Yoruba religion. O Du people
Odu
Yoruba system of divination
system of divination used in the traditional Yoruba religion and in Yoruba-derived Afro-American religions. In Yorubaland, it uses palm or kola nuts; in
Obi_divination
Orisha in the Yoruba religion
known as Agayú or Aggayú in the African diaspora) is an Orisha in Yoruba religion and its descendant traditions in the Americas. He is a primordial deity
Aganju
Word meaning "ruler" in the Yoruba language
Oba (Yoruba: ọba, lit. 'King') is a pre-nominal honorific for kings in Yorubaland, and by extension the Kingdom of Benin. According to Yoruba mythology
Oba_(ruler)
Word referring to Brazilian Yoruba people
The word Nagos refers to all Brazilian Yoruba people, their African descendants, Yoruba myth, ritual, and cosmological patterns. Nagos derives from the
Nagos
various ethnic groups that share the country. Elements of Yoruba mythology overlaps with Yoruba religion and include the Oriṣa, a pantheon of deities who are
West_African_mythology
British Africanist, sociologist and historian
insisting that religion could not be reduced to material or class interests". He published three cumulative works on religious change among the Yoruba people
J._D._Y._Peel
Assemblage of Christian and Islamic religious practices in Nigeria
Yorubaland is home to Muslims, Christians and practitioners of traditional Yoruba religion, who have coexisted for centuries and are relatively evenly mixed amongst
Chrislam
Water deity in the Yoruba religion
permanent exile. Bascom notes that though this story is known in many parts of Yoruba country, it was not recognized by her priest in Ogbomosho. There are a few
Ọba
Yoruba term of respect
Iyami Aje is a Yoruba term of respect and endearment used to describe a woman who is considered to be an ajẹ, a woman who wields myriad arcane biological
Iyami_Aje
Traditional Yoruba priestess
Iyalawo is a term in the Yoruba religion and other derived religions (especially Lucumi) that literally means "mother of mysteries" or "mother of wisdom"
Iyalawo
African coast is also home to a syncretic religion formed from Yoruba religion and Anglicanism. The religion of the Gbe peoples (mostly the Ewe and Fon)
Religion_in_Africa
Ethnic group in Brazil of Yoruba origin
joined in with the Yorubas due to the organisation of the culture and religion. One of the most enduring legacies of the Brazilian Yorubas is the practice
Brazilian_Yorubas
Sacred day in Yoruba religion
Itadogun (Yoruba: Ìtàdógún, lit. 'seventeenth day') is sacred day of worship and communal divination in the Yoruba religion. It is observed every seventeen
Itadogun
influenced through syncretism. A common syncretic religion is Vodou, which combined the Yoruba religion of enslaved Africans with Catholicism and some Native
Religion_in_Haiti
Brief teaching story used in Ifá and Santería
many discrepancies on pronunciations, and written forms of some of the Yoruba words in Lucumí literature. Many words are Spanish. Because there is no
Patakí
Traditional Yoruba priest
literally means "father of secrets" (or “father of mysteries”) in the Yoruba language. It is a spiritual title that denotes a high priest of the Ifá
Babalawo
Facet of English etymology
Bantu - from Bantu languages, "people" babalawo – from Yoruba, priest of traditional Yoruba religion banana – adopted from Wolof via Spanish or Portuguese
English words of African origin
English_words_of_African_origin
Yoruba festival
through its blessing. The festival is linked with the traditional Yoruba religion, in particular, the practices of the Agemo cult and as such, issues
Agemo_festival
Westernmost region of the African continent
populations of this region, and include Akan religion, Yoruba religion, Odinani-Igbo, and Serer religion. They are spiritual creeds that also perform other
West_Africa
Brazilian priestess
Quimbanda, the Afro-Brazilian religions. Those Portuguese words mean literally "saint's mother", a calque of the Yoruba word iyalorisha, a title given
Mãe-de-santo
Yoruba artistic public display spectacle
The Gẹlẹdẹ spectacle of the Yoruba is a public display by colorful masks which combines art and ritual dance to amuse, educate and inspire worship. Gelede
Gẹlẹdẹ
Headpiece worn by Yoruba rulers
An Oba's crown represents the highest level of authority vested in Yoruba rulers, the Obas. Referred to as an Adé, the bead-embroidered crown is the foremost
Oba's_crown
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Osogbo, Nigeria
among the last of the sacred forests that once adjoined the edges of most Yoruba cities before extensive urbanization. In recognition of its global significance
Osun-Osogbo
Deity in the Yoruba religion
Ọsanyin (Yoruba pronunciation: [ɔ̀.sã̄.jĩ̀] rendered Osaín/Ossain/Ossaím in Latin America, Ague (Age) in Fon) is the orisha who has the omniscient knowledge
Ọsanyìn
Nigerian writer and linguist
Ifáyẹmi Ọ̀ṣúndàgbonù Elebuibonlisten (born 1947) is a Yoruba and Nigerian writer, poet, author, linguist, and a world-famous Ifa priest. His plays and
Yemi_Elebuibon
Rainbow serpent deity in Yoruba pantheon
David H. (2021). "3. Myths of the Yoruba Past". Santería Enthroned: Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion. Taylor & Francis. p. 141. ISBN 9781000124378
Oshumare
Cluster of seven sister towns in Nigeria
from Ile Ife, the traditional heart of Yoruba culture, and their inhabitants speak the Oyo dialect of Yoruba. Ife North, the second largest local government
Origbo
Sierra Leonian and Gambian confraternity
The Ojeh, Oje or Egungun society Yoruba: Ọjẹ (Ɔjɛ), Egúngún, is a fraternal institution in the West African countries of Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The
Ojeh_Society
Hatred of God or the gods
have a dystheistic nature. One example is Eshu, a trickster god from Yoruba religion who deliberately fostered violence between groups of people for his
Misotheism
An Epa mask is a ceremonial mask worn by the Yoruba people of Nigeria during the Epa masquerade. Carvings representing priests, hunters, farmers, kings
Epa_mask
Syncretic Afro-Cuban religion
Kongo religion, Palo also draws upon the traditional religions of other African peoples who were brought to Cuba, such as the West African Yoruba. These
Palo_(religion)
Yoruba herbalists and priests enlist the aid of Osanyin, the spirit of herbal medicines, in their work against mental and physical illness caused by malevolent
Osanyin_staff
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List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions
Type of perfume
practices may be practices related to the concept of Orisha in the Yoruba religion, either transmitted directly from ancestral African practices or transmitted
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