Eledumare

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Eledumare is the supreme creator deity in Yoruba religion, revered as the all-powerful source of existence and ultimate authority over the universe.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eledumare canonical 1
Mwari 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yoruba deity ⓘ
creator deity ⓘ
supreme deity ⓘ
associatedReligion Candomblé ⓘ
Ifá ⓘ
linked to: Ifa

Lucumí religion ⓘ
linked to: Santería

Santería ⓘ
Umbanda ⓘ
conceptualRole guarantor of destiny ⓘ
source of moral order ⓘ
cosmicFunction creator of the universe ⓘ
sustainer of existence ⓘ
cosmologicalStatus eternal ⓘ
transcendent ⓘ
uncreated ⓘ
domain cosmos ⓘ
heaven ⓘ
genderConcept often described as beyond human gender ⓘ
hasTitle Olodumare ⓘ
Olorun ⓘ
linked to: Olodumare
influenceOn African diaspora religions ⓘ
Yoruba cosmology ⓘ
Yoruba ethics ⓘ
languageOfName Yoruba ⓘ
moralAttribute benevolent ⓘ
just ⓘ
merciful ⓘ
righteous ⓘ
power all-powerful ⓘ
omnipresent ⓘ
omniscient ⓘ
relationToOrishas delegates tasks to the orishas ⓘ
supreme over the orishas ⓘ
religion Yoruba religion ⓘ
role source of existence ⓘ
supreme being ⓘ
supreme creator ⓘ
ultimate authority over the universe ⓘ
veneratedBy Afro-Brazilian religious communities ⓘ
Afro-Caribbean religious communities ⓘ
Yoruba people ⓘ
worshipForm invocation through prayer ⓘ
praise poetry ⓘ
sacrifice mediated by orishas ⓘ
worshippedIn Benin ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
Yorubaland ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olodumare → equivalentName → Eledumare ⓘ
Shona traditional religion → hasDeityType → Mwari ⓘ
linked to: Eledumare