Religion & BeliefCulture Oral tradition
In the belief Johnson records, Ọlọrun made man as an unfinished lump — and it is the orisha Orisala (Ọbatala) who shapes each human being, working as 'a co-worker with Ọlọrun'.
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“regarded as a co-worker with Olorun. Man is supposed to have been made by God in a lump, and shaped as he is by Orisala. Its votaries are distinguished by white beads worn round the neck, and by their using only white dresses. They are forbidden the use of palm wine. Sacrifices offered by them are not to be salted. Albinoes, dwarfs, the lame, hunchbacks, and all deformed persons generally are regarded as sacred to this god; hence they are designated ‘‘ Eni Orisa”’ (belonging …”
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