Obatala (aw-bah-tah-lah) is an Orisha; a younger son of the supreme orisha Olorun. It is he who designed the world, fashioning it and all its creatures, including humans, from the sky, void, and water of the primal universe.
Also called Orisha-Nla.
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- CTD. Kithbook: Eshu, p. 27.