Orishas (singular: orisha) are divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba religion of West Africa and several religions of the African diaspora...
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Yoruba religion (redirect from Ifa ati Orisha)
number of religions in the New World, notably Santería, Umbanda, Trinidad Orisha, and Candomblé. Yoruba religious beliefs are part of Itàn (history), the...
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Trinidad Orisha, also known as Orisha religion and Shango, is a syncretic religion in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean, originally from West Africa...
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Look up orisha or orishas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Orisha is an elemental spirit of the Yoruba religion. Orisha or Orisa may also refer to:...
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List of Yoruba deities (section List of orisha)
have a pantheon of up to 6,000 deities. The following is a list of Yoruba orisha (òrìṣà), or deities. The supreme being in Yorùbá culture is known as Olódùmarè/Elédùmarè...
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Oko, also known as Ocô in Brazil, was an Orisha. In Nigeria and the Benin Republic, he was a strong hunter and farming deity, as well as a fighter against...
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Ọbà (known as Obá in Latin America) is the Orisha of the River Oba whose source lies near Igbon where her worship originates. During the wars of the 19th...
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Ogun (redirect from Ogun (orisha))
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...
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as Eleguá in Latin America and Spanish-speaking Caribbean islands) is an Orisha, a deity of roads in the religions of Santería, Winti, Umbanda, Quimbanda...
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Magín Díaz (redirect from El Orisha de la Rosa)
Between 2012 and 2017, he released three solo albums, the last of which, El Orisha de la Rosa, was awarded a Grammy Award. Díaz was born in Mahates, northern...
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are associated with Ọya, the female orisha of storms. In Nigeria, the plant is commonly linked with Ògún, the orisha of war, and is used in rituals to remove...
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"wild wind", (called Eziza among the Edo where it is also known) is the Orisha of the whirlwind, forest, the animals within it and herbal medicine. In...
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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...
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A Kokou is one of the most highly feared warrior Undergods in the traditional religion of Benin. One who fails to respect the Kokou during a ceremonial...
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Sopona (section Trinidad Orisha)
trade. He has become known as Babalú-Ayé, among many other names, in the Orisha religion that developed in the Americas. Within the traditional religion...
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Babalú-Ayé (section Relationship to other Orisha)
(from Yoruba Obalúayé), Oluaye, Ṣọpọna, Ayé in Trinidad Orisha, or Obaluaiye, is one of the orishas or manifestations of the supreme creator god Olodumare...
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Xangô in Latin America; as Jakuta or Badé; and as Ṣangó in Trinidad Orisha) is an Orisha (or spirit) in Yoruba religion. Genealogically speaking, Shango is...
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or Oiá; Yàńsàn-án or Yansã; and Iansá or Iansã in Latin America) is an Orisha of winds, lightning, and violent storms. As a river deity she is also regarded...
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Orishas are a Cuban hip hop group from Havana, Cuba, founded in 1999. The group was first called "Amenaza", "threat" or "menace" in Spanish, and appealed...
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Olokun (Yoruba: Olókun) is an orisha spirit in Yoruba religion. Olokun is believed to be the parent of Aje, the orisha of great wealth and of the bottom...
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River. Oba, orisha of the Oba River. Yewa, orisha of the Yewa River. Otin, orisha of the Otin River. Yemoo, original wife of Obatala and orisha over waters...
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Ọrunmila (Yoruba: Ọ̀rúnmìlà, also Ọrúnla or Orúla in Latin America) is the Orisha of Wisdom, knowledge, and Divination, is the creator of Ifá and Babalawo...
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Santería (redirect from Order of the Orishas)
traditions in the Americas which collectively form the "Orisha religion", "Orisha Tradition", or "Orisha worship." These include Haitian Vodou and Brazilian...
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Osanyin, Yoruba orisha, patron of the forest, herbs, and healing Oshosi, Yoruba orisha, patron of the forest and of hunting Oshun, Yoruba orisha, patron of...
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include a creator deity along with a pantheon of divine spirits such as the Orisha, Loa, Vodun, Nkisi and Alusi, among others. In addition to the religious...
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Tomi Adeyemi (section Legacy of Orïsha trilogy)
known for her novel Children of Blood and Bone, the first in the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, which debuted #1...
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Orisha Land was an occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone in Austin, Texas, established on February 14, 2021, by the 400+1 collective, in...
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festival or Adamu Orisha play, celebrated by the people of Lagos. The Eyo festival is a dedication to the god of the Sea Olokun, who is an Orisha, and whose...
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Obatala is an orisha in the Yoruba religion that is believed to have been given the task to create the Earth but failed the task by being drunk on palm...
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Oshunmare (known as Ochumaré or Oxumaré in Latin America) is an Orisha. Osumare is the spirit of the rainbow, and Osumare also means rainbow in the Yoruba...
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