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...

Trinidad Orisha, also known as Orisha religion and Shango, is a syncretic religion in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean, originally from West Africa...

number of religions in the New World, notably Santería, Umbanda, Trinidad Orisha, and Candomblé. Yoruba religious beliefs are part of Itàn (history), the...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

Oshun (also Ọṣun, Ochún, and Oxúm) is the Yoruba orisha associated with love, sexuality, fertility, femininity, water, destiny, divination, purity, and...

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...

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...

(from Yoruba Obalúayé), Oluaye, Ṣọpọna, Ayé in Trinidad Orisha, or Obaluaiye, is one of the orishas or manifestations of the supreme creator god Olodumare...

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...

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...

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...

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...

the Orisha series. The novel follow Zélie as she faces King Baldyr leader of the Skull, who seeks to harvest her power and use it to conquer Orisha. The...

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...

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...

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...

the well-received début album, A Lo Cubano, by the Cuban hip hop band Orishas. The album was released on June 11, 2002, after Flaco-Pro left the band...

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...

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...

traditions in the Americas which collectively form the "Orisha religion", "Orisha Tradition", or "Orisha worship." These include Haitian Vodou and Brazilian...

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...

omnipotent, transcendent, unique, all knowing, good, and evil. These orisa or orishas are supernatural beings, both good (egungun) and bad (ajogun), who represent...