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Oba, (pronounced Or-ba), King in Yoruba, is the supreme traditional head of a Yoruba town.

Yoruba towns aref of three generations. The first generation is made up of founding towns and cities of the origin or capitals of Yoruba states/kingdoms. The second are those created by conquest, diapora or/and resettlment. The third ones are those that emerged after the Yoruba wars. (It should be noted that Yorubaland is the only region of the major ethnic groups that has no colonial town/cities: Lagos, Oko or Eko, hadits named changerd by the portugese from Lagos in Portugal). The first and most of the second generation towns are those with OBAs, who generally wear beaded crowns, while the third generation towns only have Baálě or chiefs who do not wear crowns. All Yoruba Kings bear titles related to the cities or ethnic groups.There are two catetgories of Yoruba kingsand titles:

Obá is the third wife of Sango, the second king of Oyo Empire and the Yoruba god of thunder and lightning. In Yoruba mythology, Oba is a river-goddess (Orisha). She was the daughter of Yemaja and one of the wives of Shango. She offered Shango her ear to eat, and he scorned her. Grieving, she became the Oba river which intersects with the Osun river (Osun was another wife of Shango) at turbulent rapids, a symbol of the rivalry between the two wives. The Oba River flows through Iwo, that is why the Iwo people are called the son of the River Obá (Iwo Olodo Obá Oyo (OÌ£yoÌ£ in Yoruba orthography, pronounced ) is the name of a Yoruba city in modern-day Nigeria and also of the loose empire which that city controlled in the 17th and 18th centuries. ... The mythology of the Yorùbá is sometimes claimed by its supporters to be one of the worlds oldest widely practised religions. ... The Murray River in Australia. ... Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture. ... This article is about a type of spirit. ... In Yorùbá mythology, Yemoja is a mother goddess; patron deity of women, especially pregnant women; and the Ogun river (the waters of which are said to cure infertility). ... In YorÃ¹bÃ¡ mythology, Shango (Xango), or ChangÃ³ in Latin America, is perhaps the most popular Orisha; he is a Sky Father, god of thunder and the ancestor of the Yoruba. ... A human ear An ear is the organ used by a human or an animal to detect sound waves. ...

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Religions: Candomblé • Hoodoo • Kumina • Obeah • Palo • Quimbanda • Santería (Lukumí) • Umbanda • Vodou Image File history File links Download high resolution version (171x700, 25 KB) Summary Statue of Eshu-Elegbara, the trickster god. ... IlÃª AxÃ© Iya NassÃ´ OkÃ¡ - Terreiro da Casa Branca CandomblÃ© is an Afro-American religion practiced chiefly in Brazil but also in adjacent countries. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kumina is both the religion and the music practiced by the people of eastern Jamaica. ... Obeah is a term used in the West Indies to refer to folk magic or sorcery. ... Palo Monte, or Regla de Palo is a religion of largely Bantu origin developed by slaves from Central Africa in Cuba. ... Quimbanda is an Afro-American traditional religion found in Brazil. ... LukumÃ or Regla de Ocha, is most widely known as Santeria, (SanterÃa in Spanish) is a set of related religious systems that fuse Catholic beliefs with traditional Yoruba beliefs. ... Originating in Brazil in the early 20th century, Umbanda is a religion that blends Catholicism, Kardecist Spiritualism and Afro-Brazilian traditions. ... The term Voodoo (Vodun in Benin; also Vodou or other phonetically equivalent spellings in Haiti; Vudu in the Dominican Republic) is applied to the branches of a West African ancestor-based religious tradition with primary roots among the Fon-Ewe peoples of West Africa, in the country now known as...

Deities: Babalu Aye • Eshu • Iansan • Obàtálá • Ogoun • Ọlọrun • Orunmila • Ọṣun • Shango • Yemaja In the cult of Orishas, Babalu Aye is the spirit of illness and disease. ... Eshu represented in concrete with his features made with cowrie shells. ... Painting of Iansan (or IansÃ£) Iansan or IansÃ£ in portuguese, is an entity of the Afro-Brazilian religious faith of candomblÃ©, identified with the Catholic Saint Barbara. ... In Yoruba mythology, Obàtálá (alternatively Obatala) was a creator god; he made human bodies, and his father, Olorun (husband of Olokun), breathed life into them. ... In Haitian Vodun, Ogoun (or Ogun) is a loa who presides over fire, iron, politics and war. ... In Yorùbá mythology, Olorun is the Sky Father (though occasionally androgynous or female), and a god of peace, purity and harmony. ... In Yoruba mythology, Orunmila is an Orisha (Orisa), and deity of prophecy. ... In YorÃ¹bÃ¡ mythology, Shango (Xango), or ChangÃ³ in Latin America, is perhaps the most popular Orisha; he is a Sky Father, god of thunder and the ancestor of the Yoruba. ... In Yorùbá mythology, Yemoja is a mother goddess; patron deity of women, especially pregnant women; and the Ogun river (the waters of which are said to cure infertility). ...

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