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- 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...
- 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...
- Trinidad Orisha, also known as Orisha religion and Shango, is a syncretic religion in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean, originally from West Africa...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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:...
- 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...
- 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...
- Oshun (also Ọṣun, Ochún, and Oxúm) is an orisha, a spirit, a deity, or a goddess that reflects one of the manifestations of the Yorùbá Supreme Being in...