Orishas (DC Comics) — comicbookspecies imagesize= caption=Orishas vs the Orish Nla from Firestorm #97, art by Tom Mandrake species=Orishas publisher=DC Comics debut= Firestorm, The Nuclear Man #95 March (1990) creators=John Ostrander (writer) Tom Mandrake (artist)… … Wikipedia
African characters in comics — Characters native to the African continent have been depicted in comics since the beginnings of the modern comic strip. Initially, such early 20th century newspaper comics as Winsor McCay s Little Nemo depicted the racist stereotype of a spear… … Wikipedia
Serpent (symbolism) — Serpent is a word of Latin origin (from serpens, serpentis something that creeps, snake ) that is commonly used in a specifically mythic or religious context, signifying a snake that is to be regarded not as a mundane natural phenomenon nor as an … Wikipedia
Ogoun — For the Togolese prefecture, see Ogou, Togo. In the Yoruba and Haitian traditional belief system, Ogun (or Ogoun, Ogún, Ogou, Ogum , Oggun) is a orisha and loa who presides over iron, hunting, politics and war. He is the patron of smiths, and is… … Wikipedia
Shango — This article is about the Yoruba divinity. For other uses, see Shango (disambiguation). In the Yorùbá religion, Sàngó ( also spelled, Sango or Shango, often known as Xangô or Changó in Latin America and the Caribbean, and also known as Jakuta[1]) … Wikipedia
Oshun — For the state in Nigeria, see Osun State. One of some 40 shrines to Oshun in the Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove. Oshun, or Ochun (pronounced [ɔʃún]) in the Yoruba religion, is an Orisha who reigns over love, intimacy, beauty, wealth and diplomacy. She… … Wikipedia
Oya — For the name, see Oya (name). In Yoruba mythology, Oya (Alternative spellings: Oiá, Iansã, Iansan), is the Undergoddess of the Niger River. Oya has been syncretized in Santería with the Catholic images of the Virgin of Candelaria. Contents 1… … Wikipedia
Olorun — Olòrún is the Yorùbá name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions (and other belief systems), Who is either the sole entity in monotheism, or a single entity in polytheism. Eitherway, It is regarded as a Self Existing Being.… … Wikipedia
Oduduwa — Omoluabi, Olofin Adimula, Emperor of the Yoruba, phonetically written by his people as Odùduwà and sometimes contracted as Odudua or Oòdua, is generally held among the Yoruba to be the reigning ancestor of the crowned Yoruba kings.[1] Emperor… … Wikipedia
Olokun — is considered the patron Orisa of the descendants of Africans that were carried away during the Transatlantic Slave Trade or Middle Passage, sometimes referred to in the United States by African Americans as the Maafa. It works closely with Oya… … Wikipedia
