Nana Buruku
Nana Buruku One vision of Creation describes life emerging from some primeval swamp. Nana Buruku, ancient mother, presides over that swamp. Lady of marshes, swamps,…
Category: Yoruba Mythology
Seven African Powers
Seven African Powers The specific orishas who are most involved in human everyday matters may be invoked together as a group known as the Seven…
Shango
Shango Shango is the immensely powerful Lord of Thunder, Lightning, and Fire. Lover boy supreme, Shango epitomizes virility, male beauty, and procreative energy. Petition him…
Yemaya
Yemaya : Holy Queen Sea Yemaya, Queen of the Sea, epitomizes motherhood and rules all issues pertaining to women. She is among the most powerful…
Ayao
Ayao is the orisha of the whirlwind, Oya’s younger sister. Like her sister, Ayao is a powerful, fierce, smart spirit. They are venerated together. Beyond…
Atunda
Atunda (That Which Destroys and Creates Again) Yoruba (Nigeria) A being who was the slave of the Creator, Orisa-nla. In the beginning, there was just…
Agemo
Agemo Yoruba (Nigeria) A chameleon that was the servant of olorun, the head of the Yoruba pantheon of deities (known as the orisa). Agemo carried…
Afréketé
Afréketé ALSO KNOWN AS: Avléketé; Avréketé ORIGIN: Benin (Dahomey) Afréketé is the youngest child of Aghueh and Naéte of the Dahomean sea pantheon. A town…
Abiku
Abiku ORIGIN: Yoruba The Abiku appear in two varieties: • Some are vicious perpetrators. • Some are liminal souls hovering between realms. The same word…