Norse
Odin
wisdom, poetry, war
Ọrúnmìlà
Also: Ifá
Yoruba (Orisha) tradition. See the whole pantheon.
- Domains
- wisdom, divination, destiny
- Symbols and attributes
- Opon Ifá (divination tray); palm nuts
- witnessed creation with
- Olodumare
Key myth
The orisha of wisdom, who was present when destinies were chosen and so can read them. Priests of Ifá consult his oracle by casting sixteen palm nuts.
Where sources differ or caution applies. UNESCO listed the Ifá divination system as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008.
Place in the family graph
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Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Ọrúnmìlà: wisdom, writing and divination. This is overlap in one area only.