2023年4月26日 · Oduduwa and Obatala are often symbolized by a closed white calabash (a kind of gourd). The lid of the gourd represents Ọbatala, the symbol of heaven, while the bottom represents Oduduwa, the earth. This image presents Oduduwa and Obatala as a single androgynous deity. Older myths of the goddess depict her as the embodiment of virtue.

2023年4月26日 · Oduduwa created his own humans, who went on to become the rulers of Ife. See Patricia Ann Lynch and Jeremy Roberts, African Mythology, A to Z (New York: Infobase, 2010), 85. Another version states that Oduduwa was sent down to check on Ọbatala. Upon finding him intoxicated, Oduduwa took Ọbatala’s tools and created the earth himself.

2023年6月1日 · Oduduwa. A seated figure of a breast-feeding woman, possibly Odudua. Yoruba artist (pre-1959). Collectie Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen CC BY-SA 4.0. Oduduwa is the name of both a primordial deity and a deified ancestor. As a primordial deity, she is the wife of Ọbatala and assisted him in the creation of humans.

2023年10月2日 · A beaded and veiled crown (ade ileke) worn by Yoruba kings who trace their ancestry to Oduduwa, by Yoruba artist (19th century). British Museum CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. The Yoruba gods are divided into three categories: primordial deities, natural deities, and deified ancestors. The primordial deities are the oldest gods, predating the creation of the ...

2023年4月26日 · Olorun (or Olodumare) is the supreme god of the Yoruba pantheon. As the omnipotent creator of the universe, he is the leader of all other Yoruba gods

2023年4月26日 · Overview. Olokun is a Yoruba goddess of the ocean. Though the name “Olokun” is sometimes used as an epithet for Yemọja, the mother goddess and the source of all water, Olokun herself has a more specific domain: she is the goddess of the primordial seas that covered the world before the creation of the earth.

2023年8月7日 · Sakpata (or Sagbata) is the eldest son of Mawu-Lisa and the Fon god of the earth and smallpox. “Sakpata” is also a general name for the entire pantheon of earth gods.