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Ṣọ̀pọ̀na (or Shapona) is the god of
smallpox in the
Yoruba religion. The
Yoruba people took
their traditions about Shapona to the New
World when they were...
- Babalú-Aye (from
Yoruba Obalúayé), Oluaye,
Ṣọpọna, Ayé in
Trinidad Orisha, or Obaluaiye, is one of the
orishas or
manifestations of the
supreme creator...
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dedicated to the
Orisa go as follow: Day 1 is
dedicated to Obatala,
Sopona,
Iyami Aje, and the
Egungun Day 2 is
dedicated to Orunmila, Esu, and Osun...
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religious deities have been
specifically dedicated to smallpox, such as the god
Sopona in the
Yoruba religion in West Africa. In India, the
Hindu goddess of smallpox...
- Ọbalúayé
Ṣọ̀pọ̀ná Babalú Ayé Ọmọlú Olóde
Sapata Meaning; "Lord/ruler of the earth" and a
widely feared orisha, he is also
known as
Sopona,
Omolu or Sapata...
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deities ****ociated with
healing and
fertility Ọsanyìn,
spirit of
herbalism Sopona, god of
smallpox Dielli, the Sun:
giver of life,
health and
energy Zjarri...
- Hevioso.
Hevioso cooperates significantly with the
earth vodun Sakpata (
Sopona in
Yoruba religion), to whom he
sends beneficial rain.
Hevioso and Sakpata...
- India,
Turkey and Georgia. In
western Africa, the
Yoruba god of smallpox,
Sopona, was ****ociated with the
color red. The red
treatment was
given scientific...
- Sango), Olokun, Oya (one of the
three wives of Sango), Esu, Ososi, Yemoja,
Sopona etc.,
nonetheless it is a fact of
truth that they had all
impacted the Yoruba...
- 1924. In
Nigeria at that time,
numerous secret societies, such as the "
Sopona" cult of the
Yoruba people, had power.
Sometimes they
tried to blackmail...
