Yoruba religion

E276471
ethnic religion indigenous religion polytheistic religion traditional African religion

Yoruba religion is a traditional West African spiritual system centered on a supreme creator and a pantheon of orishas, emphasizing divination, ancestor veneration, and ritual practices that have also influenced Afro-diasporic faiths worldwide.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Yoruba religion canonical 44
Yoruba traditional religion 15
Traditional Yoruba religion 9

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic religion ⓘ
indigenous religion ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Yoruba people ⓘ
centralDivinationSystem Ifa divination ⓘ
emphasizesPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
drumming and dance ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
offerings to orishas ⓘ
ritual sacrifice ⓘ
spirit possession ceremonies ⓘ
hasConcept ancestor veneration ⓘ
ase ⓘ
destiny ⓘ
divination ⓘ
ori ⓘ
orisha ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
spirit possession ⓘ
hasCosmologyElement Aiye ⓘ
Orun ⓘ
hasFestivalType orisha festivals ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Yoruba language ⓘ
hasMoralPrinciple balance and harmony ⓘ
communal responsibility ⓘ
respect for elders ⓘ
hasMusicElement bata drum ⓘ
talking drum ⓘ
hasPantheonMember Elegguá ⓘ
surface form: Eshu

Obatalá ⓘ
surface form: Obatala

Ogun ⓘ
Orunmila ⓘ
Oshun ⓘ
Oya ⓘ
Shango ⓘ
Yemoja ⓘ
hasPrimaryRegion Benin ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Yorubaland
hasRitualSpecialist babalawo ⓘ
babalorisha ⓘ
iyalorisha ⓘ
iyanifa ⓘ
olorisha ⓘ
hasSacredTextType Ifa ⓘ
surface form: Odu Ifa
hasSupremeDeity Olodumare ⓘ
Olodumare ⓘ
surface form: Olorun
hasTransmissionMode oral tradition ⓘ
influencedReligion Candomblé ⓘ
Lucumí religion ⓘ
Santería ⓘ
Trinidad Orisha religion ⓘ
Umbanda ⓘ
Vodou ⓘ
usesDivinationTool Opele chain ⓘ
ikin palm nuts ⓘ
viewsOrishasAs intermediaries between humans and supreme deity ⓘ

Referenced by (79)

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

Olodumare → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Oya → culture → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Oya → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Ijebu-Ode → religionPracticed → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Traditional Yoruba religion
Oyo → traditionalReligion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Oyo → religionToday → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoruba traditional religion
Ogun → culture → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Regla de Ocha → relatedTradition → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Shango → culture → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Shango → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Ife Kingdom → religiousTradition → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Oshun → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Oyo State → otherReligion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Traditional Yoruba religion
Ikorodu → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: traditional Yoruba religion
Ifa → religiousTraditionOf → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Ifa → associatedWith → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: West African traditional religion
Yemoja → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Ooni of Ife → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture → associatedWith → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Osun-Osogbo Festival → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Afro-Cubans → religiousSyncretismWith → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Ekiti → traditionalReligion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoruba traditional religion
Ogun State → traditionalReligion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoruba traditional religion
Osun State → religiousHeritage → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoruba traditional religion
Ile-Ife → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Ile-Ife → knownFor → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoruba mythology
Yoruba people → traditionalReligion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Kingdom of Dahomey → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: West African traditional religion
Orisha → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Orisha → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifá tradition
Lord of Heaven → associatedWith → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Lord of Heaven → religiousTradition → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoruba traditional religion
Lord of Heaven → worshipContext → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoruba cosmology
Oyo Mesi → religionContext → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoruba traditional religion
Oyo palace → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
subject surface form: Oyo Palace
Adamu Orisha Play → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Iga (palaces) of Lagos ruling houses → religionPracticed → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoruba traditional religion
Lagos White Cap Chiefs → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoruba traditional religion
Afro-Brazilian religions → influencedBy → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Oyo-Ile → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Oba → culture → Yoruba religion ⓘ
the Ibeji (in some traditions) → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
subject surface form: Ibeji
Yoruba orishas → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
babalawo → religiousTradition → Yoruba religion ⓘ
kariocha → derivedFrom → Yoruba religion ⓘ
subject surface form: Kariocha
Elegguá → religiousTradition → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Osun River → religiousTradition → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Obatalá → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Oyá → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ
Babalú-Ayé → religion → Yoruba religion ⓘ