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 yoruba · praise-nameOwner/Lord of the sky-heaven (the most common name of the Supreme Being)E. B. Idowu, Olódùmarè: God in Yoruba Belief (1962) (secondary)
• Ọba àìkú yoruba · orikiThe King who never dies; the deathless KingE. B. Idowu, Olódùmarè: God in Yoruba Belief (1962) (secondary)
• Ẹlẹ́dàá latin · Eleda · praise-nameThe Creator; maker and source of all destiniesE. B. Idowu, Olódùmarè: God in Yoruba Belief (secondary)

Relations

• ancestor of: ObatalaSupreme source from whom Obatala derives; Obatala already carries Olodumare as parent.E. B. Idowu, Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief (1962) (secondary)
• ancestor of: OduduwaProgenitor-orisa Oduduwa derives from Olodumare, who is his recorded parent.E. B. Idowu, Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief (1962) (secondary)
• ancestor of: OrunmilaOrunmila derives from Olodumare, his recorded parent.Ifa literary corpus (Odu Ifa) (primary)
• ancestor of: YemojaYemoja derives from Olodumare, her recorded parent.E. B. Idowu, Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief (1962) (secondary)
• ancestor of: OshunOshun derives from Olodumare, her recorded parent.E. B. Idowu, Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief (1962) (secondary)
• ancestor of: OsanyinOsanyin derives from Olodumare, his recorded parent.E. B. Idowu, Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief (1962) (secondary)
• ancestor of: EshuEshu derives from Olodumare, his recorded parent.E. B. Idowu, Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief (1962) (secondary)

Sources

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