Òjò — Rain
Category: Nature
Rain — essential to Yorùbá farming seasons and traditionally associated with the òrìṣà Ṣàngó.
Traditional Yorùbá communities mark rainy and dry seasons (ìgbà òjò and ẹ̀ẹ̀rùn) around farming cycles tied to rainfall.
Traditional Yorùbá cosmology closely links rain with Ṣàngó, the òrìṣà associated with thunder and lightning, reflecting how closely weather and the spiritual world are woven together in older Yorùbá belief systems.
Because farming cycles depend so directly on rainfall, the rainy season and dry season have traditionally structured the agricultural calendar — when to plant, when to harvest — in communities across Yorùbá land.
Example: Òjò ń rọ̀ níta, nítorí náà a ò lè jáde. — "It's raining outside, so we can't go out."
Related words:
- Ṣàngó — The òrìṣà traditionally associated with thunder and lightning
- Ẹ̀ẹ̀rùn — The dry season