Egungun-oya, the Glossary
In Yoruba tradition, Egungun-oya is a deity of divination.[1]
Table of Contents
4 relations: Divination, Egungun, Orisha, Yoruba religion.
- Oracular goddesses
- Yoruba goddesses
Divination
Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic ritual or practice.
See Egungun-oya and Divination
Egungun
Egungun, (egúngún with Yorùbá language tone marks) in the broadest sense is any Yoruba masquerade or masked, costumed figure.
Orisha
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.
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.
See Egungun-oya and Yoruba religion
See also
Oracular goddesses
- Al-Uzza
- Antevorta
- Asteria (Titaness)
- Brizo
- Camenae
- Carmenta
- Dione (Titaness)
- Egeria (mythology)
- Egungun-oya
- Fauna (deity)
- Freyja
- Frigg
- Gaia
- Gefjon
- Nanshe
- Nona (mythology)
- Nyx
- Pasiphaë
- Phoebe (Titaness)
- Samdzimari
- Thalna
- Themis
- Thesan
- Thriae
Yoruba goddesses
- Ayao
- Egungun-oya
- Iyami Aje
- Nana Buluku
- Orisa Oluwa
- Oshun
- Queen Oronsen
- Velekete
- Yemọja