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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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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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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...
- 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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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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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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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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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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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...
