ID: 901002514 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002514	Record Type: Character/Person

	Shango (Yoruba deity)

Note: God of thunder, lightning, fire, justice, dance, and virility.

Names:

	Shango (Yoruba deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Changó (Yoruba deity) (English)
	Xangô (Yoruba deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<African iconography> (P)
		........<African characters> (P)
		............Shango (Yoruba deity) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Yoruba (culture or style)
	.....(Southern Nigerian styles, West African (general), African by cultural or regional designation, African (general, continental cultures), styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Shango (Yoruba deity)
	................Bastide, African Religions of Brazil (1978)
	Changó (Yoruba deity)
	................Bastide, African Religions of Brazil (1978)
	Xangô (Yoruba deity)
	................Bastide, African Religions of Brazil (1978)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Bastide, African Religions of Brazil (1978)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shango#/media/File:Representa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_Xang%C3%B4_MN_01.jpg