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Aganju, the Glossary

Aganju (known as Agayú, Aggayú, Aganjú or Aganyú in Spanish speaking counties) is an Orisha.^[1]

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Afro-Brazilians

Afro-Brazilians (afro-brasileiros) are Brazilians who have predominantly sub-Saharan African ancestry (see "preto").

Benin

Benin (Bénin, Benɛ, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin), and also known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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Candomblé

Candomblé is an African diasporic religion that developed in Brazil during the 19th century.

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Folk Catholicism

Folk Catholicism can be broadly described as various ethnic expressions and practices of Catholicism intermingled with aspects of folk religion.

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Fon people

The Fon people, also called Dahomeans, Fon nu or Agadja are a Gbe ethnic group.

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Haitian Vodou

Haitian Vodou is an African diasporic religion that developed in Haiti between the 16th and 19th centuries.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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Orishas (singular: orisha) are divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba religion of West Africa and several religions of the African diaspora that derive from it, such as Haitian Vaudou, Cuban, Dominican and Puerto Rican Santería and Brazilian Candomblé. Aganju and orisha are Yoruba mythology.

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Oyo Empire

The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba empire in West Africa.

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Oyo State

Oyo State is a state in southwestern Nigeria.

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Saint Christopher

Saint Christopher (Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος,,; Sanctus Christophorus) is venerated by several Christian denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman emperor Decius, or alternatively under the emperor Maximinus Daia.

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Santería

Santería, also known as Regla de Ocha, Regla Lucumí, or Lucumí, is an Afro-Caribbean religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th century.

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Shaki, Oyo

Shaki (also Saki) is a city-town situated in the northern part of Oyo State in western Nigeria.

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Shango

Shango (Yoruba language: Ṣàngó, also known as Changó or Xangô in Latin America; as Jakuta or Badé; and as Ṣangó in Trinidad Orisha) is an Orisha (or spirit) in Yoruba religion. Aganju and Shango are Fire gods and Yoruba gods.

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South West (Nigeria)

The South West (often hyphenated to the South-West) is the one of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria representing both a geographic and political region of the country's southwest.

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Umbanda

Umbanda is a religion that emerged in Brazil in the 1920s.

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Volcano deity

A volcano deity is a deification of a volcano.

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Yoruba people

The Yoruba people (Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire) are a West African ethnic group who mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo.

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Yoruba religion

The Yoruba religion (Yoruba: Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), West African Orisa (Òrìṣà), or Isese (Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practice of the Yoruba people.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aganju