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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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Period of Ife (800-1000CE),
Yoruba spirituality sees Oduduwa,
together with
Obatala, to be
creator divinities as old as the
earth itself. The etymological...
- by
Obatala were sent to
accomplish the task of
helping the
earth develop its crust. On one of
their visits to the realm, the arch-divinity
Obatala took...
- religion, Ilé-Ifẹ̀ was
founded by the
order of the
Supreme God Olódùmarè by
Obatala. It then fell into the
hands of his
brother Oduduwa,
which created enmity...
- of the Gbe people. He
attempted to
seize the
throne after the
demise of
Ọbàtálá, who
reigned twice,
before and
after Oduduwa, but was
ousted by Obalufon...
- case,
after Oduduwa's
short reign,
Ọbàtálá re-emerged as the king of Ile-Ife and the
throne was
rotated between Obatala and
Obalufon houses until the return...
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sacred areas of worship, no iconography. Ọlọrun's
ordained are
known to be
Obatalá of
which is
appointed a
divine sun OlúwaṢówjon.
Olorun is outlying, distant...
- (Yeye Mowo), who is
female and
consort of
Orisa (
Obatala) in Ife,
while Lisa is
Orisa also
known as
Obatala and Osegbo/Oseremagbo, the
creator and sky deity...
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Obatala is a
genus of
African spiders in the
family Macrobunidae containing the
single species,
Obatala armata. It was
first described by
Pekka T. Lehtinen...
- of the
priests of Yemọja
believe that she used her
fresh water to help
Ọbàtálá in the
molding of
human beings out of clay. Yemọja is
often depicted as...
