ID: 901002588 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002588	Record Type: Character/Person

	Agemo (Yoruban orisha)

Note: Chameleon character that is the servant of the god Olorun and carries messages between the gods.

Names:

	Agemo (Yoruban orisha) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<African iconography> (P)
		........<African characters> (P)
		............Agemo (Yoruban orisha) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Olorun
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, African iconography, African characters, Olorun (Yoruba deity)) [901002519]

Other Relationships:

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

	nationality 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)

	takes the form of .... chameleons (family)
	.....(Iguania (suborder), Squamata (order), Reptilia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Agemo (Yoruban orisha)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2007001042
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Drewal et al., Yoruba (1989)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Fagg, Yoruba (1982)