Meaning of Ọbatala | Babel Free

Definitions

1. the title of the leader of the ancient Ufẹ̀ mega-house polity, Ìdèta. One of these leaders was later made king of the Ufẹ̀ confederacy of houses and deified as the deity Ọbàtálá
2. the legendary leader of ancient Ufẹ̀ between the 9th-11th centuries AD, deified as an orisha
3. Ọbatala, a powerful irúnmọlẹ̀ and divinity of creation, the sky, heaven, purity, the creator of the Earth (beginning with the town of Ufẹ̀). He is the oldest of the orisha, with the term orisha originally referring to him. He is the husband of the orisha Yemòwó (Mawu in other West African religions).

Examples

“He is often associated with purity, relating to the symbols of ẹfun (“white chalk”) and àlà (“white cloth”).”

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