Shango

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Yoruba deity deity orisha

Shango is a major Yoruba orisha revered as the powerful god of thunder, lightning, and justice, often associated with kingship and drumming.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Changó	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Yoruba deity ⓘ deity ⓘ orisha ⓘ
associatedNumber	12 ⓘ 6 ⓘ
associatedWith	Oyo Empire ⓘ dance ⓘ drumming ⓘ masculinity ⓘ royal power ⓘ storms ⓘ virility ⓘ
color	red ⓘ white ⓘ
consort	Oba ⓘ Oshun ⓘ Oya ⓘ
cultCenter	Abeokuta ⓘ Ibadan ⓘ Oyo-Ile ⓘ surface form: Oyo
culture	Yoruba religion ⓘ
domain	fire ⓘ justice ⓘ kingship ⓘ lightning ⓘ thunder ⓘ war ⓘ
element	fire ⓘ lightning ⓘ
festival	Shango festival ⓘ
function	guardian of oaths ⓘ protector of the innocent ⓘ punisher of liars ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
mythologicalEvent	ascended to the heavens and became an orisha of thunder ⓘ
offering	amalá (bean-based dish) ⓘ ram ⓘ roosters ⓘ
parentOf	the Ibeji (in some traditions) ⓘ
personalityTrait	authoritative ⓘ fiery ⓘ impulsive ⓘ
religion	Ifá tradition ⓘ Yoruba religion ⓘ
ritualObject	bata drums ⓘ drums ⓘ thunderstones ⓘ
role	deified former king of Oyo (in some traditions) ⓘ
spouse	Oba ⓘ Oshun ⓘ Oya ⓘ
symbol	baton ⓘ double-headed axe ⓘ ram ⓘ thunderstone ⓘ
syncretizedAs	Saint Barbara ⓘ surface form: Saint Barbara (in some Afro-Caribbean traditions) Saint Jerome (in some traditions) ⓘ
title	orisha of drumming ⓘ orisha of justice ⓘ orisha of kingship ⓘ orisha of lightning ⓘ orisha of thunder ⓘ
veneratedIn	Benin ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Haiti ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Togo ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ diaspora Yoruba religions ⓘ
weapon	double-headed axe ⓘ

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

Regla de Ocha → hasImportantDeity → Shango ⓘ

this entity surface form: Changó

Shango Baptist → hasPrimaryDeity → Shango ⓘ

Oyo Empire → majorDeity → Shango ⓘ

Yoruba → pantheonIncludes → Shango ⓘ

Oya → spouse → Shango ⓘ

Oshun → spouseInSomeTraditions → Shango ⓘ

Oyo → traditionalDeity → Shango ⓘ