Orisa Yoruba — The Sacred Pantheon of 400+1 Deities

Name	Type	Domain	About
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Ajobi	Nature Orisa		Blood Kinship; The Divine Bond of Shared Blood
Ajobirin	Ajogun		The Curse That Walks; The Harmful Force Sent
Ajogun Ofo dark	Ajogun	loss, deprivation	Ajogun Ofo is the adversarial spirit of directed loss — an active spiritual force that rem
Akinjobi	Deified King / Man		The Warrior Born Rich; He Who Came to Battle With Wealth
Ala earth	Nature Orisa	moral order, purity	Ala is the Orisa of divine moral order and the sacred purity of the earth — a figure who s
Alaafin Sango fire	Deified King / Man	royalty, kingship	Alaafin Sango is the kingly aspect of Sango — the divine power of royal sovereignty that g
Alaagba	Primordial Orisa		The Elder Keeper; He Who Guards the Sacred Secrets
Alagbara fire	Nature Orisa	concentrated divine power, àṣẹ in its mo	Alagbara is the personified principle of concentrated divine power — àṣẹ in its most dense
Alajogun	Ajogun		Lord of the Ajogun; Ruler of All Adversarial Forces
Alara earth	Deified King / Man	Ara town, the ancient Yoruba kings	Alara is the deified founding king of Ara — one of the twelve ancient royal titles that tr
Amogun	Deified King / Man		He Who Knows the Medicine of Iron; Warrior-Herbalist
Apaare	Nature Orisa		He Who Separates; The Divine Principle of Sacred Boundaries
Aponbi	Deified King / Man		The Blessed Hunter; He Whose Arrow Always Finds
Aromire water	Nature Orisa	fishing, the Lagos area	Aromire is the Orisa of the first fisherman of the Lagos Lagoon — the ancestral protective
Aroni forest	Nature Orisa	the dwarf forest spirit, guardian of the	Aroni is the dwarf spirit of the deep forest — the guardian of the most powerful sacred he
Arugba	Nature Orisa		The Calabash Carrier; The Virgin Who Bears the Sacred Vessel
Arun earth	Ajogun	disease, illness	Arun is the Ajogun of disease — the adversarial force of illness that inhabits the body an
Asabi air	Nature Orisa	pre-destiny, chosen fate	Asabi is the Orisa of pre-ordained destiny — the divine force that governs those who come
Asipa	Deified King / Man		The War Chief's Divine Title; Warrior of the Ibadan Hierarchy
Asorin	Nature Orisa		The Whisperer; Spirit of Hidden Messages and Secret Counsel

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