• 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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    The Olokun Festival is the name of annual cultural festival in Nigeria celebrated throughout Yorubaland by various Yoruba people groups, and also by the...
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    Igbo Olokun: Igbo Olokun used to be a forested, sacred grove (igbo) that housed shrines at which the goddess Olokun was worshipped. Igbo Olokun in the...
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    Agemo helped his master Olorun win in a competition against Olokun, the goddess of the sea. Olokun was skilled at weaving and dyeing cloth, which made her...
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  • Chlopsis olokun is an eel in the family Chlopsidae. It was described by Charles Richard Robins and Catherine H. Robins in 1966, originally under the genus...
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  • Yetunde Barnabas began her modeling career when she registered for the Miss Olokun beauty pageant in 2013, a competition, which she went on to win. She also...
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    Masquerades in the Eyo Iga Etti procession. Eyo Olokun masquerades at the TBS. Eyo Olokun are connected with Olokun, the Yoruba deity of the sea. Children in...
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  • Aganju Aja Babalu Aye Eshu Erinle Elegua Ibeji Nana Oba Obatala Ogun Oko Olokun Olorun Osanyin Oshun Oshosi Oshumare Ori Orunmila Oya Shango Yemoja Osun...
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  • however. Eshu Ayé is said to work closely with all Òrìṣà including Òrìṣà Olokun and is thought to walk on the shore of the beach. Èṣù Bi is a stern and...
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    – Orisa Studies in the New World, 1998. ISBN 1-881244-08-3 John Mason, Olokun: Owner of Rivers and Seas. ISBN 1-881244-05-9 John Mason, Orin Orisa: Songs...
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  • Forthcoming Epic Drama "Olokun"". BellaNaija. Retrieved 16 September 2021. "Shaffy Bello leads in new Nollywood historical epic film 'Olokun'". Pulse Nigeria...
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  • Over its decade of existence, science fiction TV series Stargate SG-1 developed an extensive and detailed backdrop of diverse characters. Many of the characters...
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    the Eyo Olokun 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...
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  • marriage Ọtìn - orisha of the river Otín, she is hunter and wife of Erinlẹ̀ Olókun - orisha of the ocean Ọ̀ṣun - orisha who presides over love, intimacy, beauty...
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    Yorubaland include Yemo̩ja, Ọ̀ṣun (Oshun), Erinlè̩, Ọbà, Yewa, etc. It is Olókun that fills the role of sea deity in Yorubaland, while Yemoja is a leader...
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    sea, Olokun. As this orisha gives wealth and fertility, it the spirit world's equivalent of the Benin Oba. Ivory gave wealth similar to Olokun, as it...
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    Egusi Puff-puff Festivals Igue Ikeji Imo Awka Golibe New Yam Festivals Olokun Omabe Sango Umatu Oronna Literature Hausa Yoruba Igbo Edo Efik Onitsha Market...
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  • Festival from February 14 to July 5, 2009, as well. A Yoruba translation Iku Olokun Esin was also performed at the National Theater, Lagos, Nigeria, directed...
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    respective shrines. Osanobua is the creator and Supreme God. His son/daughter Olokun is ruler of all bodies of water and is responsible for the prosperity and...
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    the Sine. Oshun, an orisha of fresh "sweet" waters and the Osun River. Olokun, an ocean orisha. In Yoruba Mythology he was the god of all waters. Yemoja...
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    Ife Empire of Southwestern Nigeria.. Archaeological excavations at Igbo Olokun, a site in northern Ife, have yielded a substantial quantity of glass beads...
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  • 47.5N 339.0E 150.0 1997 Nyakaio, Shilluk river deity. Olokun Vallis 81.5N 269.0E 150.0 1997 Olokun, Bini sea and river deity. Omutnitsa Vallis 33.0N 292...
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    Aganju Agemo Ajaka Ayao Babalú-Ayé Elegua Erinle Eshu Ibeji Oduduwa Ogun Olokun Ori Oko Oshumare Ọba Ọbatala Ọranyan Ọrunmila Ọsanyin Ọṣọọsi Ọṣun Ọya Shango...
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    "Engaging the Orisa: An Exploration of the Yoruba Concepts of Ibeji and Olokun as Theoretical Principles in Black Theology". Black Theology. 6 (1): 61–82...
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    Ifa Awo & Ogberi Orisha, Imọlẹ̀, Ẹbọra Ọbàtálá Ọ̀sanyìn Ẹlẹ́gbà Yemọja Olókun Ṣàngó Ọyá Ògún Ọbalúayé Ọ̀ṣun Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì Ọ̀rúnmìlà Aganjú Òṣùmàrè ... Legendary...
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    accessories refer to those that Oba Ewuare is said to have stolen from Olokun, the god of the waters and prosperity. Coral and red stones such as jasper...
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    Egusi Puff-puff Festivals Igue Ikeji Imo Awka Golibe New Yam Festivals Olokun Omabe Sango Umatu Oronna Literature Hausa Yoruba Igbo Edo Efik Onitsha Market...
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    Egusi Puff-puff Festivals Igue Ikeji Imo Awka Golibe New Yam Festivals Olokun Omabe Sango Umatu Oronna Literature Hausa Yoruba Igbo Edo Efik Onitsha Market...
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  • Afro-Fuji Bonsue Fuji Fancy Fuji Funk Fuji Merengue Fuji Okhlahama Fuji Pata Olokun Fuji Talazo Fuji Wákà Fuji Fusion genres Classical Fuji Fuji Fusion Fujipiano...
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    workability of the processes involved. In the Ile-Ife pantheon, for example, Olokun – the goddess of wealth – is considered the patron of the glass industry...
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