Aganju

Aganju
   In Yoruba myth he was the son of Odudua and brother and husband of Yemaja, by whom he was the father of Orunjan and of sixteen other gods, including Ogun, Oko, Olokun, Shango, Shankpanna, the sun, the moon, and several of the river goddesses.

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