Key Info

- Divine spirits who are Olorun's messengers and instruments of his will 

- Caretakers of humanity 

- Existed as divine spirits before being incarnated as humans 

- Grouped based on chose colors: 

White: Calm, Gentle, Temperate 

Black and Red: Strong, Assertive, Easily Annoyed

Brief Bio

According to the teachings of these religions, the orishas are spirits sent by the supreme creator, Olodumare, to assist humanity and to teach them to be successful on Ayé (Earth). Rooted in the native religion of the Yoruba people, most orishas are said to have previously existed in òrún—the spirit world—and then became Irúnmọlẹ̀—spirits or divine beings incarnated as human on Earth. Irunmole took upon a human identity and lived as ordinary humans in the physical world, but because they had their origin in the divine, they had great wisdom and power at the moment of their creation.