Editing Orisha (section)

== Pantheon ==
[[File:Dique do Tororó - Foto - Tereza Torres - Setur (15659893633).jpg|thumb|Statues of Orishas in the water at Dique do Tororó Park, [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], [[Bahia]], [[Brazil]]|261x261px]]
The orisa are grouped as those represented by the color white, who are characterized as ''tutu'' "cool, calm, gentle, and temperate"; and those represented by the colors red or black, who are characterized as ''gbigbona'' "bold, strong, assertive, and easily annoyed". Like humans, orishas may have a preferred color, food, or object. The traits of the orishas are documented through oral tradition.<ref name="falola"/> 

Each orisha governs specific aspects of nature and human experience—for example, Ogun governs iron and war, Oshun rules over love and rivers, and Yemoja is associated with motherhood and the ocean. Their symbols, offerings, and ritual practices are carefully preserved and transmitted through generations of initiates.<ref name=":0" />