Oba

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Oba is a Yoruba river orisha revered as one of the wives of the thunder god Shango, associated with marital fidelity, sacrifice, and emotional resilience.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Oba canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yoruba deity
orisha
associatedWith devotion
domestic life
emotional resilience
endurance
loyalty
marital fidelity
marriage
sacrifice
self‑sacrifice
suffering
color brown
pink
red
culture Yoruba religion
domain river
gender female
hasMyth rivalry with Oshun
rivalry with Oya
story of cutting off her ear to please Shango
hasQuality emotional strength
faithfulness
persistence
mythologicalRole river goddess
wife of Shango
opposedBy Oshun
Oya
patronOf married women
those enduring emotional pain
wives
women in difficult marriages
religiousTradition Ifa
surface form: Ifá

Orisha worship
ritualAssociation offerings for stable marriage
rituals for emotional healing
spouse Shango
symbol cut ear
headscarf
river water
veneratedIn Afro‑diasporic religions
Benin
Brazil
Candomblé
Cuba
Nigeria
Santería

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Referenced by (5)

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

Shango spouse Oba
Shango consort Oba
Oshun relatedDeity Oba