Supreme being
Olòrún - the supreme creator deity
OrishasEdit
Aganju - Orisha of volcanoes, the wilderness and rivers
Aja - Orisha of the forest, the animals within it, and herbal healing
Ayao - Orisha of air
Babalu Aye - Orisha of the Earth and strongly associated with infectious disease (particularly smallpox, leprosy and AIDS) and healing
Egungun-oya - Orisha of divination
Erinle - Orisha of medicine, healing, and comfort, physician to the gods
Eshu - trickster, psychopomp and Orisha of crossroads, duality, beginnings, travelers, fertility and death
Kokou - a violent warrior Orisha
Oba - first wife of Shango and Orisha of domesticity and marriage
Obatala - creator of human bodies; Orisha of light, spiritual purity, and moral uprightness
Ogoun - Orisha who presides over fire, iron, hunting, politics and war
Olokun - patron Orisha of the descendants of Africans who were carried away during the Atlantic Slave Trade or Middle Passage
Oshun - Orisha who presides over love, intimacy, beauty, wealth and diplomacy
Oshunmare - divine rainbow serpent associated with creation and procreation
Oxossi - Orisha of the hunt and forest
Oya - Orisha of the Niger River; associated with wind, lightning, fertility, fire, and magic
Sopona - Orisha of smallpox
Shango - Orisha of thunder and lightning
Yemaja - a mother goddess; patron deity of women, and the Ogun river
Irunmole
Orunmila - spirit of wisdom, divination, destiny, and foresight.
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