In Yoruba mythology, Ife was founded by a senior deity Oduduwa, acting on the order of the supreme deity Olorun (also known as Oludmare). Oduduwa became the first ruler, or Ooni, of Ife.

Regarded as the abode of the goddess of fertility Osun, one of the pantheon of Yoruba gods, the landscape of the grove and its meandering river is dotted with sanctuaries and shrines, sculptures and ...

The Grove is linked to the meandering river Osun that flows through it. Yoruba mythology recounts how the river goddess appeared to the founders of Osogbo, led by the hunter Olutimehin ...

The festival of Osun-Osgobo, which takes place every year in Osogbo, Nigeria, celebrates the goddess of fertility ... is part of a rich indigenous Yoruba religious tradition that began in West ...