Norse
Ymir
first giant, raw material of the world
Olodumare
Also: Olorun, Olofi
Yoruba (Orisha) tradition. See the whole pantheon.
Key myth
The creator and source of àṣẹ, the power by which things happen. Olodumare is generally approached through the orishas and has few shrines of its own.
Where sources differ or caution applies. Whether Yoruba religion is monotheistic with intermediaries or polytheistic is a question practitioners and scholars answer differently.
Primary sources
- Ifá corpus
- Idowu, Olódùmarè: God in Yoruba Belief (1962)
Place in the family graph
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Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Olodumare: creation and first beings, sky, storm and thunder. This is overlap in one area only.