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Worship
 
-Ase
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  -Shango Shrine

 
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Yoruba Cosmology

 

Olodumare as the Head

 

Olodumare - Creator at the Head who rules over Orisa

 

Orisa - Gods who act as the agents of ase

 

The Knowledgeable Ones
   ~The Spirit Ancestors
   ~The Living

 

The Unknowing
   ~Strangers
   ~Uninitiated
   ~Children

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