"Unveiling Yoruba Legends: 32 Ancient Gods and Spirits! An Exploration Tailored for the 21st Century"
This list includes a more comprehensive selection of Yoruba gods and spirits. Keep in mind that the worship and significance of these entities may vary among different Yoruba communities and practitioners.
1. Olodumare - The God of the Source of Creation
2. Olorun - The God of Heaven
3. Olofi / Olofin - The God of the Palace, conduit between Orún (Heaven) and Ayé (Earth).
4. Orunmila - Spirit of wisdom, divination, destiny, and foresight
5. Ori - Personification of one's spiritual intuition and destiny
6. Aganjú - Orisha that was a warrior king, associated with fire. Not associated with volcanoes in Yorùbáland.
7. Agemo - The chameleon servant of the supreme god Olorun.
8. Ọbalúayé - Orisha of the Earth, strongly associated with infectious disease and healing
9. Erinlẹ̀ - An elephant hunter and physician to the gods
10. Èṣù - Orisha of crossroads, duality, beginnings, and balance
11. Ibeji - Twin orisha of vitality and youth
12. Lógunẹ̀dẹ - A warrior and hunter
13. Ọbàtálá - Creator of human bodies; orisha of light, spiritual purity, and moral uprightness
14. Odùduwà - Progenitor orisha of the Yorubas
15. Ògún - Orisha who presides over iron, fire, hunting, agriculture, and war
16. Okó - A hunter and farmer
17. Osanyin - Orisha of the forest, herbs, and medicine
18. Oṣùmàrè - Divine rainbow serpent associated with creation and procreation
19. Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì - Orisha of the hunt, forest, strategy, and knowledge
20. Ṣàngó - Orisha of thunders and lightnings
21. Akògún - A warrior and hunter, wears straw
22. Ajé - Orisha of wealth
23. Ayao - Orisha of air
24. Yewa - Orisha of the Yewa River, associated with cemeteries, dreams, virginity, clarity, and magic
25. Nàná Bùkùú - Orisha of the river and of the earth
26. Ọbà - First wife of Ṣàngó and orisha of domesticity and marriage
27. Ọtìn - Orisha of the river Otín, a hunter and wife of Erinlẹ̀
28. Olókun - Orisha of the seas
29. Ọ̀ṣun - Orisha who presides over love, intimacy, beauty, wealth, diplomacy, and of the Ọ̀ṣun river
30. Ọya - Orisha of the Niger River; associated with wind, lightning, fertility, fire, and magic
31. Yemọja - A mother goddess; patron deity of women and of the Ogun river
32. Yemowo - Wife of Ọbàtálá and of the water. Said to be the original form of most female orishas i.e. Yemoja, Oshun, Yewa, etc.
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