CASA PAI ROGERIOCarapicuíba/SPOnilé: meaning, history and traditions in Umbanda and Candomblé
Orixá of the Earth, daughter of Olodumarê, representing the origin of all life and also its final destination.
Also calledOnilê, Ilê
DomainsEarth, origin and destiny of life
Colors (according to sources)White and brown
GreetingIbá Onilé!
SymbolsEarth, soil
SyncretismNo fixed Catholic equivalent in the sources consulted.
Who Onilé is
Belief / interpretationOnilé is described as the Orixá of the Earth, daughter of Olodumarê. She represents the origin of all life and its final destination.
Traditional narrativeOne narrative recounts that Olodumarê gave a feast and asked everyone to dress their best. Oxóssi covered himself with skins and plants, Iemanjá with shells and foam, Ogum with armor, Oxum with the river's waters. Onilé entered a deep pit and stayed there. When Olodumarê divided the world, he gave each one dominion over what they had worn. For her humility, Onilé received rights over everything on Earth.
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NanãPrimordial Orixá, mistress of muddy waters and of the clay from which humans are said to have been shaped.IrôkoThe tree Orixá, associated with ancestry, time and the mysteries kept by the oldest tree in the world.Omulu and ObaluaiêOrixá associated with illness and healing, also called "lord of the earth", son of Nanã and raised by Iemanjá in several traditions.OxóssiOrixá of forests and hunting, connected with abundance, knowledge of the forest and protection.