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Supreme Being in the
Yoruba pantheon,
Olorun is also
called Olodumare (Yoruba alphabet:
Olódùmarè),
Eledumare and Eleduwa/Eledua. In
Yoruba culture, Ọlọrun...
-
Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
Olodumare Irunmole Orisha Oku (Ancestors)
Alaye (Human) Animal, Plant, etc.
Olódùmarè is the most
important "state of...
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these religions, the
orishas are
spirits sent by the
supreme creator,
Olodumare, to ****ist
humanity and to
teach them to be
successful on Ayé (Earth)...
- ("believers"). Santería
teaches the
existence of a
transcendent creator divinity,
Olodumare,
under whom are
spirits known as oricha.
Typically deriving their names...
- Igbó
Olódùmarè (English translation: The
Forest of God) is the
second novel by the Yorùbá
author D. O. Fágúnwà,
published in 1949 by
Thomas Nelson. It...
- beings. This was
authorized by his father,
Olodumare which gave
Obatala the name
sculptor of mankind. "Now
Olodumare [the
supreme being] once
called on Obatala...
- òrìṣà of wisdom, who in turn
serves as the
oracular representative of
Olodumare. The term "babalawo"
typically refers to a
Yoruba religious figure, often...
-
produces change in the
Yoruba religion. It is
believed to be
given by
Olódùmarè to
everything — gods, ancestors, spirits, humans, animals, plants, rocks...
- is a
prominent primordial Divinity (a
delegated Irúnmọlẹ̀ sent by the
Olódùmarè) who
descended from Ìkọ̀lé Ọ̀run, and the
Chief Enforcer of
natural and...
-
people is
known as
Olorun or
Olodumare. The
Yoruba believe that
Olodumare is
omnipotent and is the
source of all.
Olodumare is aloof; he is not directly...
