Obatala, Shango, Oshun, Yemoja — thunder, rivers and the forge beneath the trees of the sacred grove.
Messenger and master of roads: without him no sacrifice and no prayer will get through.
The mother whose children are fish — sea, motherhood and protection.
Eldest of the orishas, who shaped people from clay — purity, patience and white garments.
Blacksmith and hunter who cut the first road through the forest.
Hurricane, lightning and market — she who guards the cemetery gates.
The sage of Ifa divination, who has seen how destiny is chosen before birth.
River, honey and gold — love, fertility and the quiet strength without which the world was not made.
King of Oyo who became thunder — the double axe, fire and justice.