ori*
* head
Yoruba
Various countries
Word
USED
On Occasion
BY
Religious people
(n.) It is someone's spiritual intuition and identity. It guides their destiny, their path throughout life and afterlife. To the Yoruba, santería and candomblé religions, each person has an entity that guards their ori (an òrìṣà/orichá/orixá).
"Ọṣun ṣe aabo fun ori rẹ."
"May Oshun protect your head."
Submitted August 2020
by cesar
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<p>It is someone's spiritual intuition and identity. It guides their destiny, their path throughout life and afterlife. To the Yoruba, santería and candomblé religions, each person has an entity that guards their ori (an òrìṣà/orichá/orixá).</p>