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Definition of Orisha
1. Noun. A divine entity that possesses the supernatural capability of reflecting some of the manifestations of Olódùmarè ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orisha
1. a Yoruba deity [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orisha
Literary usage of Orisha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Yoruba-speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa: Their by Alfred Burdon Ellis (1894)
"Having collected the whole sixteen, orisha-bi tied them up in a piece of ...
orisha-bi, I hold you in grateful remembrance." For the consultation of Ifa a ..."
2. The Foreign Missionary (1855)
"B.'s wife brought her orisha, called Buku : it consisted of a red dyed cloth
covering and head-tie, necklets, armlets, and anklets of white cowries strung ..."
3. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1857)
"That is he must make such a sacrifice, of chicken, sheep and goats, to Ifa or
some orisha, and then he would not die, if not, death would be the result. ..."
4. Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains: An Exploration by Richard Francis Burton (1863)
"Obatala is derived from Oba ti nía, the King of Greatness, also called orisha
KM, the great orisha. Others deduce the word from ' Oba ti ala,' King of ..."
5. Trinidad & Tobago by Don Philpott (2002)
"orisha stems from the religious beliefs of the Yoruba people, originally from
south-west Nigeria, in which there is a complex hierarchy of Gods, ..."
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