Ogboo

Probably a deletion of the /w/ from an unattested term, Ògbòwó

• IPA^(key): /ò.ɡ͡bòó/

Ògbòó

1. a female river deity association with fertility, worshipped by several southern Èkìtì speaking towns, including Èró, Ìjàrẹ́, Àkúrẹ́, Ọ̀bà-Ilé, Ìbulẹ̀-Ṣọ́rọ̀, and Ijù. Ògbòó in southern Èkìtì traditions is often regarded as the youngest and favorite wife of the supreme sky deity, Àbarị̀ṣà, and is often regarded as a manifestation of Ọ̀ṣun by her worshippers.

   Ògbòó bùṣà sè, ó relé àlè é rẹ̀

   Ogboo puts the pot of food on the stove, and then visits the home of her lover

   (praise song of Ògbòó)

2. Ogboo (a river in Nigeria)

• Atan
• Olókun
• Ọ̀ṣun
• Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ̀