{"collection":"African","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/afr/ife/ife2.htm","path":"afr/ife/ife2.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/afr/ife/ife2.htm","text":"Sacred-Texts Africa Index Previous Next\n| Ar\u00e1mf\u00e8 | | God of Thunder and Father of the Gods. | \n| Or\u00edsha | | Creator of men. Son of Ar\u00e1mf\u00e8. | \n| Od\u00fawa or Odud\u00fawa | \u23b1 \u23b0 | King of men. Son of Ar\u00e1mf\u00e8. | \n| \u00d3gun | | God of Iron. Son of Od\u00fawa. | \n| Or\u00e1yan | | The warrior son of \u00d3gun. | \n| L\u00e1di | | Smith of \u00d3gun. | \n| Ob\u00e1lufon | | A worker in brass. | \n| M\u00f3rimi | | Wife of Ob\u00e1lufon. | \n| \u00cdfa | | The Messenger of the Gods, principally known by reason of divination. | \n| Ol\u00f3kun | | Goddess of the Sea. | \n| Ol\u00f3ssa | | Goddess of the Lagoons. | \n| \u00d3shun | | A Goddess who transformed and became the River Oshun. | \n| \u00c9di | | The Perverter. A God of Evil who led men astray. | \n| p. 10 | | | \n| \u00c9shu | | Now regarded as the Devil, but originally as the Undoer of the favours of the Gods. | \n| Pereg\u00fan \u2019Gbo | | A Forest God who caused the Forest to bring forth wild animals and watched over the birth of Or\u00fanmila. | \n| Or\u00fanmila | | A God who watches over the birth of children. | \n| Offun K\u00e1nran | | A messenger of \u00cdfa. | \n| \u00d3rn\u00ed Od\u00fam\u2019la | | The ancestor of the \u00d3rn\u00eds of \u00cdf\u00e8. | \n| Oj\u00famu | | A priest. | \n| Os\u00e1nyi | | A priest and maker of charms. | \nThe Sun, Moon, Night, Day, Dawn and Evening were also Gods and Goddesses sent by Ar\u00e1mf\u00e8, who is often spoken of as God. But a higher and very distant Being is mentioned by some of the Priests.\nO\u00edbo means White Man.\nOkp\u00e9ll\u00e8 is a charm used in the divination of \u00cdfa.\nThe final N is as in bon, and French pronunciation is nearly correct in all the above names.","title":"PERSONS","type":"page"}