Obatala

Arch-divinity and sculptor of humankind; patron of purity and white.

Parentage

• Olodumare

Domains

• creation craft
• purity wisdom

Powers

• Moulds human bodies from clay
• Embodies and enforces ritual purity

Epithets

• Aláṣẹ
• Òrìṣà-ńlá
• Alámọ̀rere
• Ọba tálá

Relations

• sibling: Eshu
• sibling: Oduduwa
• sibling: Orunmila
• sibling: Osanyin
• sibling: Oshun
• sibling: Yemoja

Sources

• Idowu, Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief (1962)