Iku

demonic underworld Yoruba corroborated · 5

The personification of death, leading the eight principal Ajogun.

↻ synthesized from 5 sources

When

co occurs with: egun, Aparacá, Babá, Orishas, Oyá, Ala, Ogbunabali, Yewa, Babalú-Ayé, ēse, Arun, Ẹgba, Epe, Ẹwọn, Ofo, Ọran, Ara, Olodumare, Irúnmọlẹ̀, Orí, Oricha
serves: Eṣu
rules: Ajogun

internet (2)

wikipedia (3)

“Out of their number, there are eight principal Ajogun led by 'Iku' (Death).”
#138 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6

“Death is personified in the figure of Iku.”
#293 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6

“Iku, personification of death. (Yoruba religion)”
#12201 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Iku - The spirit of death. It is considered the head of the Ajogun.”
#20898 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Iku - personification of death.”
#21008 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001