OBATALA ATRIBUTES and ORIKI
from Idowu.

 ATTRIBUTES

Father of all the orisa of Yorubaland.
Senior orisa.
Head of all orisa.
The king who is great.
The king of white clothing.
The image or symbol of Olodumare on earth.
Offspring of Olodumare.
He who spreads over the whole extent of the earth.
Maker, sculptor.
Patron of albinos, hunchbacks and cripples.
The one who deals in choice clay.
The proposer who wields the septre (ase).
Deputy of Olodumare.
Purity.
Monogamist.
He stands by his children and makes them materially prosperous.
He gives them cause for laughter and they laugh.
He who was born in Igbo town and went to be king at Iranje.
Divinity of Igbo.

SONG

He who makes eyes, makes nose:
It is the Orisha I will serve;
He who creates as he chooses:
It is the Orisa I will serve;
He who sends me here:
It is the Orisa I will serve.

ORIKI

O Death, You who domicile with a person and imbue him with nobility!
O Sceptre-Wielder!
O You who multiply only one into two hundred persons!
Multiply me into four hundred,
Multiply me into two hundred,
Multiply me into on thousand four hundred and sixty persons.
Orisa! The Immovable! The Noble One!
He-who-lives-daily-in-gorgeous-greatness;
He is so mighty that he cannot be lifted;
Immense in white robes!
He sleeps in white clothes,
He wakes in white clothes,
He rises in white clothes.
Venerable Father! Yemowo’s consort!
Orisa delights me as he is in state;
It is a delectable place where Orisa is enthroned.