Orishaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• orisa, orixa

語源

Borrowed from Yoruba òrìṣà.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɒɹɪʃɑː/

名詞

orisha (plural orishas)

1. A divine entity in Yoruba religion that possesses the supernatural capability of reflecting some of the manifestations of Olódùmarè
   • 1989 February 5, Colin Robinson, “You Dared Us To Dream That We Are Worth Wanting Each Other”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 10:

     I guess that is a good way to remember you. To rememeber you as a metaphor, but not to forget the text, to embrace all the humanity of your life... like an orisha — a flesh-and-blood hero. That sounds like a good African way to remember you.

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 713:

     Under the command of Olorun were also orishas, intermediaries in the Yorubic religion said to be connected between man and the supernatural.