Osanobua
Edo · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Remote Edo supreme creator-deity, father of Olokun and Ogiuwu.
Children
Domains
- supreme creator
Powers
- Creates all beings of the visible and spirit worlds
Epithets
- Osanobua 'the source/sustainer of the world' (Osa 'God' + nobua) — the high creator-god of Benin, father of Olokun and the orisa-like deitiesBradbury, R. E. The Benin Kingdom and the Edo-speaking Peoples of South-Western Nigeria, International African Institute, 1957 (secondary scholarship)
Relations
- ancestor of: OlokunRemote creator-father of Olokun (parentage already encoded on Olokun's record); expressed as ancestor since 'parent' is not a relation kind.Bradbury, The Benin Kingdom and the Edo-speaking Peoples (1957), on Osanobua as father of Olokun (secondary)
- ancestor of: OgiuwuFather of the death-god Ogiuwu (parentage encoded on Ogiuwu's record).Bradbury, The Benin Kingdom and the Edo-speaking Peoples (1957), on Osanobua as father of Ogiuwu (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Encyclopedia.com, Edo Religion; Grokipedia, Osanobua (secondary)