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Visual depiction of Onile

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Vol. II · Polytheism · earth

Onile

Yoruba owner of the earth


the ancient ground beneath all Yoruba existence, a deity invoked in land transactions, her permission sought before any foundation is laid

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
earth

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 5) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.