Olodumare

Yoruba supreme being and creator; remote owner of all ashe and destiny.

Children

• Eshu
• Obatala
• Oduduwa
• Orunmila
• Osanyin
• Oshun
• Yemoja

Domains

• supreme creator
• sky heavens
• destiny ashe

Powers

• Breathes the life-force into moulded bodies
• Apportions and seals each being's destiny
• Dispenses the cosmic life-power ashe

Epithets

• Ọlọ́run
• Ọba àìkú
• Ẹlẹ́dàá

Relations

• ancestor of: Obatala
• ancestor of: Oduduwa
• ancestor of: Orunmila
• ancestor of: Yemoja
• ancestor of: Oshun
• ancestor of: Osanyin
• ancestor of: Eshu

Sources

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