Family Tree

Family Tree

This family tree is put together in essence to the Yoruba homeland theology. Obatala does not literally father any children or take on any consort. This family tree is more of a metaphysical aspect not through birth, but through hierarchy and respect 

Parent: Olodumare/Olorun (Supreme Creator of all)

Wife: Yemoja (Fertility, Motherhood and the Ocean)

Children: Humanity / Ogun (Iron, Civilization, War) / Oshun (Freshwater, Love, Fertility) / Shango (Thunder, Justice, Kingship) / Oya (Winds, Storms, Transformation) / The rest of the Orisha

Siblings: Oduduwa (Material Earth, Sovereignty, Power, Fertility) / Yemoja (Fertility, Motherhood and the Ocean) / Ogun (Iron, Civilization, War) / Oshun (Freshwater, Love, Fertility) / Shango (Thunder, Justice, Kingship) / Oya (Winds, Storms, Transformation) / The rest of the Orisha