Ọbàtálá

Domain

sculptor of human bodies; arch-Òrìṣà of purity, patience, calm, cool wisdom; senior of the white-cloth Òrìṣà

Ewò

• palm wine and other alcohol — Ọbàtálá once drank and made deformed bodies; this is why his initiates abstain

Primary sources

• · Idowu 1962
• · Pemberton & Afolayan 1996
• · Abiodun 2014