Editing Orisha (section)

==Number==
Yoruba tradition often says that there are 400 + 1 orishas, which is associated with a sacred number. Other sources suggest that the number is "as many as you can think of, plus one more – an innumerable number". Different oral traditions refer to 400, 700, or 1,440 orishas.<ref name="Clark2012"/><ref name="falola"/><ref name="MerWeb1999"/><ref name=":0" />This symbolic numbering system reflects the complexity and vastness of the spiritual world in Yoruba cosmology. The phrase "400 + 1" represents the idea that the divine world cannot be fully quantified or comprehended by human minds.<ref name=":0" />