Orisa Yoruba — The Sacred Pantheon of 400+1 Deities

Name	Type	Domain	About
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Osun Olododo water	Primordial Orisa	righteous water, true love	Osun Olododo is the righteous avatar of Osun — the expression of love, beauty, and sweetne
Osun Oloja Odo	Primordial Orisa		Osun Who Rules the River Course; Governing the Full River
Osun Olomitutu	Primordial Orisa		Osun of the Cool River; The Refreshment of the Goddess
Osun Olora	Primordial Orisa		Osun of the Community Spring; Water for the Village
Osun Olori Omi	Primordial Orisa		Osun Chief of Waters; Osun as Supreme Water Goddess
Osun Olu	Primordial Orisa		Osun the Chief; The Leading River Goddess
Osun Omi Tutu	Primordial Orisa		Osun of the Cool Sacred Water; The Blessed Cool River
Osun Walade	Primordial Orisa		The Warrior Osun; When Sweetness Takes Up the Sword
Otin water	Nature Orisa	River Otin, dark deep water	Otin is the Orisa of the River Otin in Osun State — a hidden, powerful water deity whose d
Otin Ologun	Nature Orisa		Warrior Aspect of the River Otin; Fighting Water
Oya wind	Primordial Orisa	wind, storms	Oya is the primordial Orisa of wind, storms, transformation, and the boundary between life
Oya Aisun	Primordial Orisa		Oya Who Does Not Sleep; The Eternal Vigilance of the Wind
Oya Ajalumode	Primordial Orisa		Oya Who Wraps Around; The Wind That Envelops Completely
Oya Bale	Primordial Orisa		Oya Who Descends; The Wind That Comes Down to Earth
Oya Bi	Primordial Orisa		Oya Born; The Wind at Its First Moment
Oya Funfun	Primordial Orisa		The White Oya; The Wind at Its Most Spiritual and Pure
Oya Gbagi	Primordial Orisa		Oya of the Violent Gale; Maximum Wind Force
Oya Gbali	Primordial Orisa		Oya of the Flaming Baobab; The Fire-Wind of Transformation
Oya Gbegbe	Primordial Orisa		Oya of the High Wind; The Wind That Blows From the Summit
Oya Iyansan wind	Primordial Orisa	the nine winds, storms in their fullest	Oya Iyansan is the fullest, most powerful manifestation of Oya — all nine of her storm asp

About the Orisa Yoruba Tradition

The Yoruba people of West Africa — primarily in present-day Nigeria, Benin, and Togo — have one of the richest and most sophisticated spiritual traditions in human history. At the heart of this tradition are the Orisa: divine forces who embody every aspect of nature, human experience, and cosmic law. The Yoruba pantheon is traditionally expressed as 400+1 Orisa, reflecting the understanding that the divine is not closed by a finite count but remains living and expansive.

The Orisa fall into several categories: the primordial Orisa created by Ọlọdùmarè before the world was formed; nature Orisa who embody rivers, storms, forests and the sea; and deified humans — kings, queens, warriors and healers of extraordinary power who were elevated to divine status. Each Orisa has their own domain, their own taboos, their own sacrificial requirements, and their own rich mythology encoded in the Odu Ifa — the sacred corpus of Yoruba divination wisdom.

The worship of the Orisa survived the Middle Passage and took root across the Americas, giving birth to Santería in Cuba, Candomblé in Brazil, Trinidad's Shango-Baptist faith, and Vodou in Haiti. Today, Orisa worship is practiced by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

The Orisa Yoruba Pantheon

The Seven African Powers

Obatala

Orunmila

Esu

Ogun

Sango

Yemoja

Osun

Oya

Olokun

Babalu-Aye

The Divine Categories

Principal Orisa

Olódumarè