Shango

Yoruba · quartigod · oyo empire · quartigod

Third generation. Third Alaafin of Oyo. Apotheosed at his death (or self-hanging) into the orisha of thunder and lightning. The Oba ko so liturgical cry — "the king did not hang" — is the foundational liturgical formula of the Shango cult and a core piece of Yoruba political theology.

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