Who are the female orishas?

Àwọn òrìṣà Obinrin(Female Orishas)

Ajé – orisha of wealth.
Ayao – orisha of air.
Yewa – orisha of the river Yewa.
Nàná Bùkùú – orisha of the river and of the earth.
Ọbà – first wife of Ṣàngó and orisha of domesticity and marriage.
Ọtìn – orisha of river, she is hunter and wife of Erinlẹ̀
Olókun – orisha of the seas.

How many African orishas are there?

Yoruba tradition often says that there are 400 + 1 orisha, which is associated with a sacred number. Other sources suggest that the number is “as many as you can think of, plus one more – an innumerable number.” Different oral traditions refer to 400, 700, or 1,440 orisha.

Who is Oshun goddess?

Oshun is commonly called the river orisha, or goddess, in the Yoruba religion and is typically associated with water, purity, fertility, love, and sensuality. She is considered one of the most powerful of all orishas, and, like other gods, she possesses human attributes such as vanity, jealousy, and spite.

Who is Oshun married to?

Osun is honored at the Osun-Osogbo Festival, a two-week-long annual festival that usually takes place in August, at the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove on the banks of the river….Oshun.

Ọ̀ṣun Oshun
Spouse	Changó, Erinle

Which Orisha is fire?

Take the quiz. The natural forces associated with Shango are fire and lightning. His most prominent ritual symbol is the oshe, a double-headed battle-ax.

What does Ochosi mean?

Oshosi is the spirit associated with the hunt, forests, animals, and wealth. He is spirit of meals, because it is he who provides food. He is associated with lightness, astuteness, wisdom, and craftiness in the hunt. He is the orisa of contemplation, loving the arts and beautiful things.

Is Yemaya and Oshun the same?

Yemaya is the orisha of the surface of the ocean. She is the other half of Olokun, sometimes a sister and sometimes a wife (sometimes, both deities are androgynous). While Olokun is the Keeper of Secrets and rules over the depths of the ocean, Yemaya presides over the surface waters.