Oduduwa

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

Parentage

• 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

Relations

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

Sources

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