About Website
Old Gods.
New Telling.
A personal project. A cultural gap. An attempt to do something about both.
“The stories were always there. The modern doorway wasn’t.”
Why This Exists
I grew up knowing these gods existed.
Growing up in Nigeria, the Yoruba deities weren't unknown, being Yoruba myself. They appeared in films, conversations, books and everyday culture. Sango, Ọya, Ogun were names I had always heard.
But when I looked beyond home, something changed.
Online, in games, films, comics and modern digital experiences, it was almost impossible to find Yoruba mythology represented alongside traditions like Greek or Norse mythology. Zeus, Thor and Odin had become global cultural icons. The gods rarely appeared in those same spaces.
That absence stayed with me.
This project is my attempt to help build the kind of digital doorway these stories deserve.
What This Is
More than a name.
In Yoruba, Ìtàn is more than a tale. It carries memory, identity and the stories passed from one generation to the next.
The Òrìṣà are not distant, perfect beings. They are powerful, complex personalities whose stories continue to shape Yoruba culture today.
Together, Ìtàn Òrìṣà simply means "The Stories of the Òrìṣà."
This website exists to tell those stories in a way that feels modern, cinematic and easy to explore without losing the culture they come from. Rather than replacing traditional or academic sources, it aims to become a doorway that encourages curiosity and deeper learning.
How This Was Made
How the content was built.
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Researched, not invented
Every story, name, domain, and relationship on this site is drawn from documented academic and cultural sources. Where traditions conflict or versions differ, that is noted because that is the nature of oral tradition, not a mistake.
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Playful tone is not disrespect
These stories have survived centuries, crossed oceans, and outlasted empires partly because they have always been told by people who loved them enough to make them interesting. That is the tradition this project tries to continue.
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A living project
The Yoruba pantheon includes hundreds of gods and goddesses. This site currently focuses on three and the story that connects them. More will be added this is not a finished monument.
The Person Behind This
About the creator
Hi, im Abimbola Adeyemi . This project was built as part of an MA in Web Design & Content Planning at the University of Greenwich. It began as a coursework brief and became something more personal a question about why the stories I grew up around were so absent from the digital spaces where other mythologies thrived.
The short answer was: no one had built the right space for them yet. So this is an attempt to do that.
Should you have suggestions and want to reach out, please do so at this email address
Ready to meet them?
Every god has a page. Every relationship has a story.