The Òrìṣà

17 names, cited.

Held in their own care — the Òrìṣà of the Nigerian Yorùbá tradition. Each entry below names the Òrìṣà, their domain, and the primary sources we draw from.

The Supreme

The Primordial Òrìṣà

Deified Kings

River Òrìṣà

River and Wind

Ocean

Forest

The Herbal

Twins

Earth and Disease

Wealth

Ancestral Masquerade

Personal Divinity

On sources

Primary sources cited per entry — Idowu (1962), Abimbola (1976), Olupona (2011), and the Ifá corpus itself. Confidence levels are visible on entries that are contested or draw on sources outside the Nigerian Tier-1 list.