Article: Yoruba
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures;      700+ words ... ... the deities (gods) originally lived in the sky with only water below them. Olorun, the Sky God, gave to Orishala, the God of Whiteness ... There are three gods who are available to all. Olorun (Sky God) is the high god, the Creator. One may ...

Dictionary definition: Ifa's Departure Upsets the Gods
A Dictionary of African Mythology;      700+ words ... ... informs mortals of the wishes of Olorun, the sky god, the god of destiny; he was ... Obatala, who drew them up into the sky by means of a long iron chain. After ... in, until Ifa came down from the sky, and, in conjunction with Oduduwa ...

Article: Gods and Goddesses of Life and Death
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying;      700+ words ... ... the myths of the Cheyenne of the U.S. Great Plains existed before existence, and numerous creators are sky gods, such as Olorun, or "Sky," in the myths of the Edo and Yoruba peoples of Nigeria. Although most peoples of the world preferred ...

Article: Ile-Ife
Myths and Legends of the World;      441 words ... ... watery wasteland. In the sky above lived many gods, including the supreme god Olorun, the Owner of the Sky. These gods sometimes descended from the sky on spiderwebs and played ... human being there. One day Olorun called Orisha Nla, the ...

Article: Ejiwapo: the dialectics of twoness in Yoruba art and culture.
African Arts;  March 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... signifies maleness as well as the sky/heaven--the realm of invisible ... as Alase ('Owner of ase'), Olorun ('Lord of the Sky') and Olodumare (the 'Eternal ... go and inhabit the land below the sky. In short, these events, among ...

Article: Religion: Africa
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas;      700+ words ... ... complaints forced the divinity to withdraw into the sky; as a result, suffering and death entered the ... Great One, or Inkosi Yezulu, the Chief of the Sky; Yoruba: Olorun, King of the Sky, or Olodumare; Wimbum: Nyui; Igbo: Chukwu ...

Article: YOUNG BOOKSHELF
The Washington Post;  July 12, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... God and his angels have become Olorun and her orishas. For a while ... gnostically discontent. He addresses Olorun in these words: "Here in the sky we orishas have everything we ... powers to help them." With Olorun's permission, Obatala then ...