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Oluorogbo

A primordial divinity or irunmole in the Yoruba religion, he is regarded as being synonymous with the figure Ela. In his human form, he was the only son of the Yoruba heroine Moremi. He was later sacrificed by her to the spirit of the Esinmirin river upon which he became an orisha. He is celebrated during the Edi festival in Ife.
Yoruba name.
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