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Guide to the thirty files in the orisa deep section, covering primordial divinities, deified dynastic figures, metaphysical forces, nature spirits, and masking institutions.
The primordial Yoruba deity of ethical purity, creation, and coolness, tasked with sculpting human forms from clay before the breath of life is bestowed.
Ògún is the Yoruba orisa of iron, metallurgy, hunting, warfare, tool-making, and pathways, serving as the cosmic pioneer and enforcer of covenants.
Ṣàngó is the Yoruba divinity of thunder, lightning, fire, justice, and royal power, whose cult formed the theological foundation of the Ọ̀yọ́ Empire.
A comprehensive scholarly treatment of Ọ̀ṣun, the Yoruba divinity of fresh waters, fertility, wealth, and sovereignty, examining her theology, oríkì, priesthood, and transatlantic developments.
A comprehensive scholarly reference on the Yoruba orisha Oya, covering her riverine, atmospheric, and ancestral domains, mythic variants, ritual priesthood, and transatlantic developments.
The Yoruba deity of the Ogun River, maternal fertility, and fresh waters, tracing her West African riverine cult, priesthood, and transatlantic transformation into an oceanic sovereign.
A comprehensive scholarly examination of Èṣù across Yoruba cosmology, oral literature, ritual iconography, regional cult organization, and transatlantic diaspora traditions.
The cosmology, mythological narratives, priesthood structure, sacred geography, and Atlantic diaspora trajectories of Ọ̀rúnmìlà, the Yoruba divinity of wisdom and witness of destiny.
The Yoruba deity of botanical pharmacopoeia, herbal medicine, and forest mysteries, who operates in essential partnership with Ifa divination.
The Yoruba deity of smallpox, contagious epidemics, and the dry earth, whose historical priesthood managed public health before colonial suppression and Atlantic reinterpretation.
The Yoruba orisa of hunting, stealth, forest strategy, and unerring justice, from his royal center in Ketu to his transformed status in the Atlantic diaspora.
A comprehensive scholarly reference on Erinle, the Yoruba orisa of hunting, water, herbal medicine, and royal protection, examining his mainland cult, iconography, priesthood, and transatlantic transformations.
Scholarly analysis of the river deity Oba, her historical cult centers, liturgical poetry, mythological narratives, and transatlantic divergences in Lucumi and Candomble traditions.
The Yoruba orisa of wealth, cowrie currency, and market commerce, examined through her rituals, priesthoods, scholarly debates over gender, and diaspora transformations.
An exhaustive scholarly analysis of Olókun, examining divine domains of deep waters and bead wealth, mythological contests, regional gender divergences, and Afro-Atlantic transformations.
The cosmology, ritual care, material culture, and diaspora evolution of the Yoruba divine twins who share a single soul.
A comprehensive scholarly analysis of Aganjú as an ancient Oyo monarch, wilderness divinity, and transformed Afro-Atlantic deity across West Africa, Cuba, and Brazil.
Òrìṣà Oko is the Yoruba deity of agriculture, earth fertility, judicial arbitration, and anti-witchcraft justice, centered historically in the town of Ìràwò.
Scholarly analysis of Olokun Seniade, the female-associated manifestation of the ocean deity linked to beadmaking, wealth, crown regalia, and sacred water priesthoods in Yoruba and Atlantic traditions.
A comprehensive scholarly reference on Ọbalúayé, the Yoruba divinity of the earth, infectious disease, and physical healing, covering theological domains, liturgical poetry, colonial suppression, and transatlantic diaspora developments.
The dual position of Odùduwà as primordial creator deity and ancestral progenitor of crowned Yorùbá monarchs, including historical debates, ritual offices, and Atlantic transformations.
A comprehensive scholarly reference on Ọ̀ràǹmíyàn, examining his theological domains, royal historiography, ritual titles, priesthood structures, monuments, and transatlantic diaspora divergence.
The historical queen, civic savior, and deified female ancestor of Ilé-Ifẹ̀ whose strategic espionage delivered the kingdom from raffia-clad raiders and whose covenant instituted the annual Edì festival.
An exhaustive scholarly examination of Ayélála, the deified Yoruba-Ijaw divinity of retributive justice, covenants, anti-witchcraft, and moral order.
A comprehensive scholarly reference on Ọ̀ṣàlá, the premier Yoruba arch-divinity of creation, ethical purity, physical molding, and white cloth.
The cosmic principle of primordial feminine power, female mystical authority, moral balance, and nocturnal justice in Yorùbá cosmology and the transatlantic diaspora.
An exhaustive scholarly analysis of Egúngún masquerade traditions, ancestor veneration, ritual hierarchies, historical origins, and Atlantic diaspora transformations.
An examination of Orò as a male ancestral judicial institution, its acoustic manifestation through the bullroarer, ritual curfews, and transatlantic developments.
A comprehensive scholarly study of Agẹmọ, the supreme protective deity, chameleon messenger, and sixteen-seat masking institution of the Ìjẹ̀bú Yorùbá.
A comprehensive scholarly analysis of the Yoruba Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ masking tradition, its theological grounding in female spiritual power, performance structures, origin debates, and diasporic trajectories.