Orisha

The Orisha are a pantheon deities worshipped by the Yoruba people of Africa. They were originally divine spirits who incarnated as earthly human-like beings and became heroes of their people.

Notable Orisha

 * Olorun - Supreme deity and Highest Divinity
 * Orunmila - Wisdom & divination deity
 * Eshu - Trickster deity
 * Ogun - War deity
 * Oranmiyan - War & fertility deity
 * Olookun - Sea deity
 * Olosa - Lagoon deity
 * Shango - Thunder deity
 * Onile-Ile - Earth & soil deity
 * Oko - Agriculture deity
 * Oshun - Love & beauty deity
 * Oya - Wind deity, who also governs over the Niger river
 * Aganju - Nature deity
 * Yemola - Deity of the Ogun river
 * Orungan - Air deity
 * Sopona - Pestilince deity
 * Ori - Fate deity
 * Iwa - Personality deity
 * Ogiyan - Deity of crushed Cassava
 * Yemoja - Motherhood & Water Deity