Shango
deity sky Yoruba corroborated · 9
Yoruba god of thunder, fire, and justice.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Living tradition documented in West Africa, Brazil, and Cuba.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Caboclo, Aganju, Taiwo, Kehinde, Osain, Nana Buluku, Nana Burukú, ijimere, Orishas, Ifá, Yemoja, Irúnmọlẹ̀
- syncretized with
- Saint Barbara, Saint Jerome, Ajagun
- sibling of
- Babalú-Ayé
- enemy of
- Ogun
- created by
- Olodumare
- served by
- Ibeji
- has aspect
- Erzulie Shango Pye Nago
- child of
- Olodumare
Mentioned by
Sources
internet (3)
wikipedia (6)
Source passages
“some depictions of Shango and Adams”
#140 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Santeria.fr: All about Shango Archived 2016-09-17 at the Wayback Machine”
#782 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Ọya lived on Earth as a human from the town of Ira, in present day Kwara state, Nigeria, where she was a wife of the Alaafin of Oyo, Shango.”
#785 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“In the Yoruba religion, Ọya was married three times, first to the warrior orisha Ogun, then Shango, and finally, another hunting and farming deity, Oko.”
#12953 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to the Ifa Literary Corpus, Oshun was the only female Irunmole (primordial spirit) sent to assist Shango to create the world by Olodumare, the Supreme God. The other spirits sent ignored Oshun, who went to Shango for guidance.”
#23767 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001