Eledumare

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Yoruba deity creator deity supreme deity

Eledumare is the supreme creator deity in Yoruba religion, revered as the all-powerful source of existence and ultimate authority over the universe.

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Label	Occurrences
Eledumare canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Yoruba deity ⓘ creator deity ⓘ supreme deity ⓘ
associatedReligion	Candomblé ⓘ Ifa ⓘ surface form: Ifá Santería ⓘ surface form: Lucumí religion Santería ⓘ Umbanda ⓘ
conceptualRole	guarantor of destiny ⓘ source of moral order ⓘ
cosmicFunction	creator of the universe ⓘ sustainer of existence ⓘ
cosmologicalStatus	eternal ⓘ transcendent ⓘ uncreated ⓘ
domain	cosmos ⓘ heaven ⓘ
genderConcept	often described as beyond human gender ⓘ
hasTitle	Olodumare ⓘ Olodumare ⓘ surface form: Olorun
influenceOn	African diaspora religions ⓘ Yoruba cosmology ⓘ Yoruba ethics ⓘ
languageOfName	Yoruba ⓘ
moralAttribute	benevolent ⓘ just ⓘ merciful ⓘ righteous ⓘ
power	all-powerful ⓘ omnipresent ⓘ omniscient ⓘ
relationToOrishas	delegates tasks to the orishas ⓘ supreme over the orishas ⓘ
religion	Yoruba religion ⓘ
role	source of existence ⓘ supreme being ⓘ supreme creator ⓘ ultimate authority over the universe ⓘ
veneratedBy	Afro-Brazilian religious communities ⓘ Afro-Caribbean religious communities ⓘ Yoruba people ⓘ
worshipForm	invocation through prayer ⓘ praise poetry ⓘ sacrifice mediated by orishas ⓘ
worshippedIn	Benin ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Togo ⓘ Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Yorubaland

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olodumare → equivalentName → Eledumare ⓘ