OLORUN

OLORUN: Top Sky King of Yoruba mythology in Nigeria. He's God of Peace, Justice and the Yoruba way.

But he's especially good at passing the buck. His wonderful blueprints for planet Earth were so amazingly ambitious, he prudently decided to delegate the job to someone else. So he summoned OBATALA, handed over the Chicken of Creation and told him to get on with it.

This led to all kinds of embarrassing complications before life as we know it was achieved. See OBATALA's entry for the whole story.

As Top God, OLORUN's fame has spread as far afield as the Caribbean. But rumors persist that he's secretly married to OLOKUN. Some even claim that he leads a secret double life as windy YANSAN. You can't trust eveything you hear. Perhaps we should ask his trusty messenger ELEGUA.