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Myth, Ritual, and Visible Expressions of Obàtálá and Olókun in Ilé-Ife`
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Myth, Ritual, and Visible Expressions of Obàtálá and Olókun in Ilé-Ife`
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In Myth, Ritual, and Visible Expressions of O?bàtálá and Olókun in Ilé-If?`, Oluwafunminiyi Wasiu Raheem and Ayowole S. Elugbaju explore O?bàtálá's (the Yorùbá deity of creation) and Olókun's (the preeminent owner of the ocean) existence in myth, history, and religion through various facets of pan-human worship, belief, and everyday ritual practices. Raheem and Elugbaju explore Yorùbá history, culture, and religion to provide an extensive analysis of core themes in O?bàtálá's and Olókun's stories. They argue for a more complex reading of O?bàtálá beyond the often sustained and single narrative of struggle and defeat as well as a more nuanced reading of Olókun as a holy well beyond its popular exemplification of a female deity of wealth, childbirth, and preeminent owner of the world's ocean. Drawing from oral accounts, chants, folk songs, praise poems, and verses from the Ifá corpus, the authors provide new insights into the worlds of both deities hitherto missing in the literature.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Part I: Introduction
- Part II: Ọbàtálá, Religio-Mythology Narratives, and Epistemic Nodes
- Part III: Fluid World, Sacred Manifestation, Therapeutic Landscape, and Ritual Encounters
- Part IV: Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors