Origin: Benin Lagoon (Nigeria)
Classification: Orisha of Deep Ocean, Ancestral Memory, and Unseen Wealth

Introduction
Olokun’s kingdom is the abyss where forgotten histories sleep. They guard Sankofa’s deepest truth: “What the tide takes, it returns transformed.”

Cosmic Role

Domain: Ocean depths, ancestral realms, hidden potential

Sacred Duty: Keeper of souls before rebirth

Energy Signature: Silent vastness, patient revelation

Sacred Expressions
Manifests as:

Bioluminescent creatures in midnight trenches

Cowrie shells spilling from a cracked pot

The weight of a diver’s lungs at 100 meters

Ancestral Lineage

Counterpart: Yemọja (Surface Waters)

Child: Ṣàngó (Thunder)

Names & Epithets

Olokun Seniade (Owner of Endless Depths)

Eri Okun (Ocean Witness)

Olojumerindinlogun (Owner of Sixteen Eyes)

Powers

Commands marine life and ocean currents

Holds memories of drowned civilizations

Grants wealth from unseen sources

Modern Resonance

“When deep-sea miners uncover slave ship wreckage,
When Lagos fishermen sing to the waves—Olokun’s cowries whisper the names of the lost.”