Ogun

E57806
Yoruba deity orisha

Ogun is a major Yoruba deity revered as the god of iron, war, and craftsmanship, often associated with metalworking, technology, and the clearing of paths.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Ogun canonical 13
Ogún 2
Ogou 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yoruba deity ⓘ
orisha ⓘ
associatedWith blacksmithing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
path clearing ⓘ
roads ⓘ
technology ⓘ
tools ⓘ
weapons ⓘ
color black ⓘ
green ⓘ
counterpartIn Ogou in Haitian Vodou ⓘ
Ogum in Brazilian Candomblé ⓘ
Ogun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ogún in Cuban Santería
culture Yoruba religion ⓘ
domain crafts ⓘ
iron ⓘ
metals ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
familyRelation brother of Shango (in some traditions) ⓘ
husband of Oya (in some traditions) ⓘ
son of Oduduwa (in some traditions) ⓘ
offering dogs ⓘ
palm wine ⓘ
roosters ⓘ
snails ⓘ
patronOf all users of metal tools ⓘ
blacksmiths ⓘ
drivers and transport workers ⓘ
hunters ⓘ
warriors ⓘ
religiousTradition Ifa ⓘ
surface form: Ifá

Yoruba traditional religion ⓘ
role god of craftsmanship ⓘ
god of iron ⓘ
god of war ⓘ
sacredDay Wednesday ⓘ
sacredPlace forests ⓘ
iron forges ⓘ
road crossings ⓘ
symbol anvil ⓘ
iron tools ⓘ
machete ⓘ
worshippedIn Benin ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Yoruba → pantheonIncludes → Ogun ⓘ
Oya → spouse → Ogun ⓘ
Oyo → traditionalDeity → Ogun ⓘ
Ogun → counterpartIn → Ogun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogún in Cuban Santería
Regla de Ocha → hasImportantDeity → Ogun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogún
Ife Kingdom → hasDeity → Ogun ⓘ
Olojo Festival → honorsDeity → Ogun ⓘ
Haitian Vodou → importantLwa → Ogun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogou
Awori → earlySettlementArea → Ogun ⓘ
Edo people → traditionalReligionDeity → Ogun ⓘ
Orisha → hasNotableMember → Ogun ⓘ
Candomblé → hasPantheonMember → Ogun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogum
Yoruba religion → hasPantheonMember → Ogun ⓘ
Yoruba orishas → hasNotableMember → Ogun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogun (Ògún)
Elegguá → associatedWithOrisha → Ogun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogún
Ijebu people → traditionalReligionDeity → Ogun ⓘ
Oyá → spouse → Ogun ⓘ
Ikale → traditionalReligionDeity → Ogun ⓘ
Bini → traditionalDeity → Ogun ⓘ
subject surface form: Bini people