Olokun

Orisa of the deep ocean, wealth, and mysteries; venerated by Yoruba and Edo alike.

Parentage

• parent: Yemoja

Children

• Aje

Domains

• deep ocean
• wealth mysteries

Powers

• Rules the unfathomable ocean depths
• Bestows wealth and prosperity

Epithets

• Olókun, ọba okun yoruba · Olokun, oba okun'Olokun, king/owner of the sea' — the name itself a title (oní-okun, 'owner of the ocean'); orisha of the unfathomable deep and of wealthBascom, William. Sixteen Cowries, Indiana Univ. Press, 1980 (secondary scholarship); Verger, Pierre. Notes sur le culte des Orisa et Vodun, IFAN, 1957 (secondary scholarship)
• Olú okun Yoruba · Olu okun · cultLord/Owner of the OceanBen-Amos, The Art of Benin (1980) (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: OyaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Yemoja) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• equated with: OlokunSame sea-wealth deity venerated under one name by Yoruba and Edo; the cult is most elaborated in Benin, where Olokun is male and senior child of Osanobua; Yoruba traditions vary gender and rank. Shared coastal cult.Paula Ben-Amos, 'Men and Animals in Benin Art' / The Art of Benin (1980), on the Olokun cult (secondary); R. E. Bradbury, The Benin Kingdom (1957), on Olokun worship (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Wikipedia, Olokun (secondary)