Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Masculine Usage African Mythology Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 5/16/2014 by LMS Edited 8/23/2018 by Evil Meaning & History Means "air" in Yoruba.In Yoruba religion, Orungan was the son of Yemaja and Aganju. He ravished his mother once, and as he tried a second time, Yemaja fell and burst open, whereupon the fifteen Orishas came forth from her.