Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
A Yoruba orisha (deity) representing thunder, fire, and lightning, and a deified ancestor-monarch of the Oyo kingdom, venerated in syncretic African diasporic religions.
AP course connection
Topic 1.7: 1.7 Indigenous Cosmologies and Religious Syncretism