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    The Ogun River (Yoruba: Odò Ògùn) is a waterway in Nigeria that discharges into the Lagos Lagoon. Ogun State of Nigeria is named after the river. The river...
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  • Christianity is a major religion in Ogun State and it constitutes 70% of its population. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ijebu-Ode and the Roman Catholic...
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    in present-day Southwestern Nigeria, which comprises the majority of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara and Lagos states, as well as parts of Kogi state...
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  • orishas went to Orunmila to ask him what to do. Orunmila told them that Ogun needed to create the longest chain he could possibly create. It was ultimately...
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    birth is due to the fact that both Oduduwa and Ogun had affairs with the same woman, his mother, Lakange. Ogun was a warrior whose expedition led to capturing...
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  • purity, and moral uprightness Odùduwà - progenitor orisha of the Yorubas Ògún - orisha who presides over iron, fire, hunting, agriculture and war Okó -...
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    Ogere Remo (category Local Government Areas in Ogun State)
    Remo Division of Ogun State, Nigeria. The town was founded circa 1401 A.D. Ogere is part of the Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State. The ancestral...
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    Ife was admitted to the Yoruba pantheon as an aspect of the primordial divinity of the same name. [citation needed] According to Yoruba mythology, Obatala...
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    In a survey of Orisha shrines on Trinidad, James Houk found that flags to Ogun are found in almost every location. Those to Shakpana and Osain (Osanyin)...
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    Mythology he was the god of all waters. Yemoja, originally the orisha of the Ogun River (largest river in Yoruba land) but became the orisha over the sea waves...
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    Yoruba is deeply rooted in the Ifá literary corpus, indicating the orishas Ogun, Obatala, Oshun and Obalufon as central to creation mythology including artistry...
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    was unusual for the time. The cards feature prominent Orisha divinities (Obatala, Oshun, Ogun, Yemaya, and Shango), classical Haitian Vodou spirits (Damballah-Wedo...
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    people and Olodumare, God. They include some now well-known divinities as; Obatala, Ogun, Orunmila, Osun, Eshu, Olokun, Yemoja, Osanyin, and Shango, Among...
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  • College for Christian Studies (Texas, US) RTM Academy Adelaide College of Divinity (Adelaide, South Australia and Gold Coast, Queensland) Adelaide College...
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    Wadjet, the protective serpent goddess who sends fire to burn her enemies Ogun, fire god and patron of blacksmiths, iron, warfare, metal tools Ọya, goddess...
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  • spirituality or Yoruba religion known as ìṣẹ̀ṣe. Èṣù is a prominent primordial Divinity (a delegated Irúnmọlẹ̀ sent by the Olódùmarè) who descended from Ìkọ̀lé...
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    deities in the Yoruba pantheon, such as Obatala the orisha of creation, Ogun the orisha of creativeness and Sango the orisha of lightning", whose worship...
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  • of hunters could name their baby Ogunbunmi (Ogun favors me with this) to show their respect to the divinity who gives them metal tools for hunting. Meanwhile...
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    and he is losing control of his powers. 78 11 "Resting Devil Face" Bola Ogun Story by : Mira Z. Barnum, Joshua Duckworth & Ricardo Lopez Jr. Teleplay...
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    1843 and, with Henry Townsend, opened a mission in Abeokuta, in today's Ogun State, Nigeria. Crowther began translating the Bible into Yoruba and compiling...
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    ("believers"). Santería teaches the existence of a transcendent creator divinity, Olodumare, under whom are spirits known as oricha. Typically deriving...
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    spirit of metal (iron). Among the Yoruba, the Orisha spirit Ogun corresponds to iron, and Ogun is called the "god of iron." West African people enslaved...
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  • November 1961, a native of Igan Alade in Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun State Nigeria. He is the pioneer Bishop of Diocese of Pankshin Anglican Communion...
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    religions. Syracuse University Press:ISBN 0-8156-0522-6 Barnes, Sandra. Africa's Ogun: Old World and New (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989). Beier,...
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  • These categories are Guardian divinities, War divinities, Prosperity divinities and Fertility and Ethical divinities. Erivwin, which is the cult of ancestors...
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    such as Obatala the arch divinity, Ogun the divinity of creativeness, as well as Iron and technology, and Sango the divinity of the storm", whose reverence...
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    ISBN 9780190632151. S2CID 153364691. Surah Al-Ankabut 29:19-20 Department of Philosophy, Ogun State University; Department of Philosophy, Olabisi Onabanjo University (2001)...
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  • Plus NTA Sports 24 NTA Yoruba Odenigbo TV Odenigbo FM Obosi Anambra state Ogun State Television Ondo State Radiovision Corporation Orient TV OnMax TV OnTV...
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    Yoruba pantheon, such as Obatala the arch divinity, Ogun the divinity of creativeness and Sango the divinity of the storm", whose reverence is imbued "with...
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