Ascenders: Rising To Hero

70. An Inevitable Clash

Perhaps you have heard of the Orisha and how they came to be. It's okay to then think that, hello, we are done right, are we not? 

What else is there to learn about the Orisha? Oh hasty reader, be not impatient. For while the Orishas may be explained, we have yet the deities to talk about.

What are deities you may ask. After all, the only beings that fit the description of deities are those whom we all know as Orisha. So then what else or who else can be tagged as deities? 

Let us consider the truest definition of deities before we can thus continue. 

One definition has it to be the nature or rank of a Divine Being. Another definition, the one on which this writing will be anchored on has it to be defined thus; 

A deity is one who is revered or exalted to be good or supreme. 

Now, you see the connection between the two. 

Can the Orishas be deities? Yes, considering that they get to be revered. Then