OBÀTÁLÁ, OBATALÁ, OLUFON, ORISALA, ORISHALA, ORISHA-NLA, ORISHA-POPO, ORISANLA, OSHANLA
Within the authentic Yoruba traditional religious construct, the male diety, Orisha OBÀTÁLÁ is known to be the creator of Earth and sculptor of mankind. The Alpha who works with clay. He belongs to the psychic system, that is to the belief in the being of the spirit and the soul.
I Ask...Who Rules Your Head...?
"For the Obatala child the expression and use of this primary energy is complex. The Obatala child will see a world of black and white. No Gray. To an Obatala child things are either right or wrong there is no middle ground." (Ifa Foundation International interpretation)