"Unveiling Yoruba Legends: 32 Ancient Gods and Spirits!

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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