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Yoruba God Religion: keynote, foundation and all-governing principle of life Deity: divine status, in control No written records, all oracles Myths: explanatory answers Odu: 3 section responses by oracle thru priests ■ Pithy (short) saying - in verse ■ Story - in verse ■ Liturgies (ritual) - full narrative ■ Communications with objects of worship ■ Songs - stories of past, present issues, hopes and fears of future ■ Proverbs, adages (short saying with truth), epigram (pun) Olofefura: welcomed visitors with laughter and joy Ile-Ife: spirits everywhere, great place Oranyan: hero, warrior son of Oduduwa Oduduwa: royal ■ Ife: no panic, no shots fired, no defending - only singing and dancing Ile-Ife: gave dead instructions about what to do next (either heaven or stay on Earth) Oloba: first priest king, went from Ile-Ife to Oba Everything: by Olodumare ■ Fixed their destiny ■ Lived in sky with other divinities ■ Had Orisa-nla create solid earth: loose earth, pigeon, snail shell, 5 toed hen ■ After finished, reported back, chameleon inspect ■ First visit: wide enough, not dry; second visit: wide enough and dry ■ Ife: wide, Holy City of Yoruba ■ Creation: 4 days ■ Orisa-nla sent again because not enough water, fell asleep, Oduduwa completed task ■ Orisa-nla: jealous and wanted to see how god created life, Olodumare: put him to sleep ■ Orunmila: with Olodumare when giving life ■ Oduduwa: powerful leader, lived in Ile-Ife ■ Gender depended no locality ■ Odu: chief

Dawa: self-existent ■ Chief who created being Oduduwa: and Orisa-nla: later generations belonged to both ■ Orisa-nla got commission accidently, forfeited to Oduduwa (actual creator) - have both blood For Yoruba: Orisa-nla - supreme divinity Olodumare: Deity, Prime Mover of things, Whom origin of inhabited earth was commissioned Yoruba name: character and significance - character and personality, name: self-explanatory Olodumare: not fully self-explanatory; unique, ancient name ■ ODU: chief, full, quality and worth ■ Olodumare: One who combined with odu and are ■ 3 names: Olodumare, Olofin, Olorun ■

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