Orunmila
E293451
Orunmila is the Yoruba deity of wisdom, divination, and destiny, revered as the custodian of the Ifa oracle.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orunmila canonical | 13 |
| Orunmila (Ọrúnmìlà) | 1 |
| Òrúnmìlà | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2583655 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orunmila Context triple: [Ife Kingdom, hasDeity, Orunmila]
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A.
Obatalá
Obatalá is a major orisha in the Yoruba-derived Regla de Ocha (Santería), revered as the wise, peaceful creator deity associated with purity, justice, and the molding of human beings.
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B.
Oduduwa
Oduduwa is a revered primordial figure in Yoruba mythology, regarded as the progenitor of the Yoruba people and a key creator deity associated with the founding of Ile-Ife.
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C.
Ogun
Ogun is a major Yoruba deity revered as the god of iron, war, and craftsmanship, often associated with metalworking, technology, and the clearing of paths.
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D.
Elegguá
Elegguá is a major orisha in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as the trickster guardian of crossroads, doors, and destiny who controls the opening and closing of all spiritual paths.
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E.
Eledumare
Eledumare is the supreme creator deity in Yoruba religion, revered as the all-powerful source of existence and ultimate authority over the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orunmila Target entity description: Orunmila is the Yoruba deity of wisdom, divination, and destiny, revered as the custodian of the Ifa oracle.
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A.
Obatalá
Obatalá is a major orisha in the Yoruba-derived Regla de Ocha (Santería), revered as the wise, peaceful creator deity associated with purity, justice, and the molding of human beings.
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B.
Oduduwa
Oduduwa is a revered primordial figure in Yoruba mythology, regarded as the progenitor of the Yoruba people and a key creator deity associated with the founding of Ile-Ife.
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C.
Ogun
Ogun is a major Yoruba deity revered as the god of iron, war, and craftsmanship, often associated with metalworking, technology, and the clearing of paths.
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D.
Elegguá
Elegguá is a major orisha in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as the trickster guardian of crossroads, doors, and destiny who controls the opening and closing of all spiritual paths.
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E.
Eledumare
Eledumare is the supreme creator deity in Yoruba religion, revered as the all-powerful source of existence and ultimate authority over the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Orisha
ⓘ
Yoruba deity ⓘ deity ⓘ |
| associatedObject |
Ifa oracle
ⓘ
linked to:
Ifa
Odu Ifa ⓘ
linked to:
Ifa
divination chain (opele) ⓘ divination tray (opon Ifa) ⓘ palm nuts (ikin) ⓘ |
| associatedSystem |
Ifa
ⓘ
Ifa divination system ⓘ |
| cosmicStatus |
deity of order and destiny
ⓘ
primordial orisha ⓘ |
| culture | Yoruba ⓘ |
| domain |
destiny
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divination ⓘ knowledge ⓘ prophecy ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| ethnicContext | Yoruba people ⓘ |
| function |
advises through divination
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guides human destiny ⓘ reveals divine will ⓘ |
| languageName |
Òrúnmìlà
ⓘ
linked to:
Orunmila
|
| mythologicalRole |
knower of all destinies written in Ifa
ⓘ
witness to the creation of the world ⓘ |
| pantheon |
Yoruba pantheon
ⓘ
linked to:
Yoruba religion
|
| priesthoodTitle | babalawo ⓘ |
| religion |
Afro‑Brazilian religions
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Afro‑Caribbean religions ⓘ Candomblé ⓘ Ifa religion ⓘ Lucumí tradition ⓘ Santería ⓘ Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| role |
custodian of the Ifa oracle
ⓘ
interpreter of fate ⓘ witness of destiny ⓘ |
| title |
deity of destiny
ⓘ
deity of divination ⓘ deity of wisdom ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Benin
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Caribbean diaspora ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Togo ⓘ |
| worshipPractices |
Ifa divination rituals
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initiation into Ifa priesthood ⓘ offerings and sacrifices ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Orunmila Description of subject: Orunmila is the Yoruba deity of wisdom, divination, and destiny, revered as the custodian of the Ifa oracle.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.