Ogboo

== Yoruba == === Etymology === Probably a deletion of the /w/ from an unattested term, Ògbòwó === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ò.ɡ͡bòó/ === Proper noun === Ògbòó 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 thus a sister wife of Ọ̀ṣun, Atan, and Olókun. (praise song of Ògbòó) Ogboo (a river in Nigeria) ==== Related terms ==== Atan Olókun Ọ̀ṣun Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ̀