Wikipedia's community maintained article on Shango gathers, with citations, his standing as the Yoruba orisha of thunder, lightning and justice, his account as a historical king of Oyo later deified, and his correspondences across Santeria, Candomble and other diaspora traditions. Its strength is breadth across Yoruba religion and its diaspora forms; a claim about a specific odu or regional lineage should be checked against dedicated Ifa scholarship rather than resting on this page alone.
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Citation
AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shango
Source Typereference
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier 3: a community maintained encyclopedia, useful for breadth and cross-reference, without a named author or formal peer review behind any given revision, the same basis every other live Wikipedia source in this atlas is tiered on. Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Deities, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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