Ògbòó
name
/ò.ɡ͡bòó/
Definitions
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a female river deity association with fertility, worshipped by several southern Èkìtì speaking towns, including Èró, Ìjàrẹ́, Àkúrẹ́, Ọ̀bà-Ilé, Ìbulẹ̀-Ṣọ́rọ̀, and Ijù. Ògbòó in southern Èkìtì traditions is often regarded as the youngest and favorite wife of the supreme sky deity, Àbarị̀ṣà, and thus a sister wife of Ọ̀ṣun, Atan, and Olókun.
Ògbòó bùṣà sè, ó relé àlè é rẹ̀ Ogboo puts the pot of food on the stove, and then visits the home of her lover
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Ogboo (a river in Nigeria)
Related wordsAtọnname 2 entries are spelled “Atọn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. Atọn alternative form of Atan (“a female river deity worshipped by several Èkìtì Yorùbá speaking towns, including Ìjàrẹ́ and Ijù”) Atan a female river deity worshipped by several mainly Eastern Yorùbá speaking towns, including Ọ̀wọ̀, Ìjàrẹ́ and Ijù. Atan in southern Èkìtì traditions is often regarded as the senior wife (ìyáálé) of the supreme sky deity, Àbarị̀ṣà. Olókunname Ọ̀ṣunname 2 entries are spelled “Ọ̀ṣun”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. Ọ̀ṣun Osun (a river in Nigeria) Ọ̀ṣun Oshun, an orisha in Yoruba religion, she is regarded as the Yoruba deity of fertility, freshwater, love, beauty, motherhood, healing, and jewelry, and is the spirit of the Osun river. Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ̀noun
Etymology
Probably a deletion of the /w/ from an unattested term, Ògbòwó
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ogboo”.
Reference:
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