Ayelala

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Etymology

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Said to be from the phrase ayé yìí ò (This word is truly a large problem), ultimately from ayé (world) +‎ (to be big, large)

  • This is believed to come from a phrase Ayélála uttered while on Earth before being executed

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ayélála

  1. A female orisha of justice and prosecution widely feared for her harsh punishments for those who commit criminal offences. She is believed to have originally been a slave from the town of Ìlàjẹ and was executed for a crime she did not commit, and soon was deified as an orisha upon the discovery of her innocence. Her role as a punisher of criminals is comparable to the role of Orò among the Ẹ̀gbá.

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