Tempo
deity intermediate Candomblé corroborated · 2
An orixá associated with time, sometimes equated with the Holy Spirit.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- Attested period
- 1880 – 1898
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Oxôssi, souls of the dead, Hiisi, Syöjätär, Ilmarinen, Hilahatar, Omolu, Oxalá, Oxum, Ogum, Ogun, Orishas
- syncretized with
- Holy Spirit
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“An outdoor enclosure may have a tree dedicated to Tempo, shrines to forest orixás like Oxossi and Ogun, and a balé, a place set aside for the souls of the dead.”
#304 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Due to his association with time, Tempo is sometimes equated with the Christian idea of the Holy Spirit.”
#661 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“the term "Hiisi" alone was also used for ailments, Tempo and Juntas's names were also used in similar contexts. The Hornet (or wasp), closely associated with Hiisi (or Tempo) is a key element in the mythic creation of steel from iron”
#8402 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001