Olorun
MythologyWest African
RoleSupreme sky god
About Olorun
The high god of the Yoruba pantheon. Ruler of the heavens who permits the orishas to manage the world. Sanctioned the creation of dry land when Obatala descended on a chain with a handful of sand. Source of ase, the vital force that animates all things.
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