Olodumare
Supreme creator in Yoruba religion who sends orishas to assist humanity.
↻ synthesized from 11 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Odu Ifá, a key Yoruba literary and divination corpus.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- the ancestors, Olú-Ọ̀run, Oku, Ajogun, Iku, spirits of the dead, egun, evolved spirits, unevolved spirits, gitano spirits, congo spirits, haitian spirits, arab spirits, plains indian spirits, Irúnmọlẹ̀, Yemòó, Awon Iya Wa, Exu, Eṣu, Elegbara, Echu, Olorun, Ogun, Ọbàtálá, Ṣàngó, Oko, Aganju, Ọsanyin, Ọbaluaye, Elédùa, Agẹmọ, Odùduwà, Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì, Ọ̀rúnmìlà
- manifests as
- Olorun
- created by
- Irúnmọlẹ̀
- equivalent to
- Olofi
- served by
- Ọbàtálá
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Ase is divine energy that comes from Olodumare, the creator deity”
#96 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“The Orisha, (Yoruba: Òrìṣà) are entities that possess the capability of reflecting some of the manifestations of Olodumare.”
#137 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“While deeming Olodumare the ultimate embodiment of aché, practitioners believe that aché permeates all life, and is present in both the visible and invisible world.”
#366 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Ase is divine energy that comes from Olodumare, the creator deity, and is manifested through Olorun, who rules the heavens and is associated with the Sun.”
#454 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Adherents of the Yorùbá religion regard Olodumare as the principal force of creation... Olódùmarè gathered the gases from the far reaches of space and sparked an explosion that shaped into a fireball... Olódùmarè released the "breath of life"”
#1043 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5