Olorun
Olorun (Yoruba:Ọlọ́run, IPA /ɔ̄lɔ́ɾũ/) is the standard Yoruba word for "God", "Olódùmarè", used by Yoruba-speakers of all faiths. The term is derived from a contraction of the Yoruba agent noun prefix "o" + "ní" (to have, to possess) + "ọ̀run" ("Heaven", the Yoruba concept of the afterlife): hence meaning "Owner of Heaven".
Quotes
[edit]- Is the great king of the Universe and the glorious pinnacle...
- Peter J Allen / Chas Saunders, Godchecked Online 19 May 1999.
- Olodumare has rubbed Its head with Iyerosun.
Will never die,
which whole head is become exceedingly hoary
- Idowu, E. Bolaji (1982). Olódùmarè: God in Yorùbá Belief. Ikeja, Nigeria: Longman. ISBN 0-582-60803-1, p. 27.
- Is the final disposer of all things.
Is the Judge that controls man's destiny
and each will receive that which is deserved...- Ibid. p. 42.
