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plural orishas
A divine entity in Yoruba religion that possesses the supernatural capability of reflecting some of the manifestations of Olódùmarè quotations examples
Under the command of Olorun were also orishas, intermediaries in the Yorubic religion said to be connected between man and the supernatural.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 713