单词 | orisha |
释义 | Orishan. Any of numerous minor gods and spirits invoked or worshipped by the Yoruba people of southern Nigeria, and also by their descendants in Cuba, the West Indies, and the Americas. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > African obosom1853 Orisha1854 the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [adjective] > of Africa Orisha1937 1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Oct. 363/2 Busy above all with the discordant music in honor of the great god Oberan, and his incarnations, Ifa and Orisha. 1899 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 29 25 Many most interesting beliefs were attached to Ifa, who was a beneficent Oricha, and was invariably consulted as to the future. 1911 Man 11 46 The Ogboni..is the king's chief consultative chamber, and we find in the heavenly government a corresponding number of Orishas (deified ancestors). 1937 M. Perham Native Admin. Nigeria ii. xii. 189 The House of the Orishas or sacred images stands in the market outside the official residence of the Ataoga. 1961 J. Jahn in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 97/1 Without the drums it was impossible to call the orishas. 1993 World & I 135/1 Metal knives and scissors are symbols of..Ochosí, an orisha associated with war and hunting. 2002 National Geographic Aug. 74 (caption) In the embrace of their gods, followers of Candomblé are possessed by African deities called orixás at a ceremony in Salvador. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854 |
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