Oduduwa

Progenitor orisa of the Yoruba and founder-king of Ile-Ife.

Parentage

• parent: Olodumare

Domains

• earth creation
• kingship progenitor

Powers

• Completes the forming of solid earth at Ile-Ife
• Founds the Yoruba royal lineage

Epithets

• Odùduwà, ọlọ́fin ayé yoruba · Oduduwa, olofin aye'Oduduwa, ruler of the earth/world' — progenitor-king of Ile-Ife, hailed as the one who created the solid landIdowu, E. Bolaji. Olódùmarè: God in Yoruba Belief, Longmans, 1962 (secondary scholarship); Johnson, Samuel. The History of the Yorubas, CMS, 1921 (secondary scholarship)

Relations

• sibling: EshuFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: ObatalaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: OrunmilaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: OsanyinFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: OshunFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: YemojaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

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