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Myth, Ritual, and Visible Expressions of Obàtálá and Olókun in Ilé-Ife`

Myth, Ritual, and Visible Expressions of Obàtálá and Olókun in Ilé-Ife`
Author: Oluwafunminiyi Wasiu Raheem;Ayowole S. Elugbaju
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ISBN-10: 1666945366
ISBN-13: 9781666945362
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In <i>Myth, Ritual, and Visible Expressions of O?b&agrave;t&aacute;l&aacute; and Ol&oacute;kun in Il&eacute;-If?</i>`, Oluwafunminiyi Wasiu Raheem and Ayowole S. Elugbaju explore O?b&agrave;t&aacute;l&aacute;&#39;s (the Yor&ugrave;b&aacute; deity of creation) and Ol&oacute;kun&rsquo;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 Yor&ugrave;b&aacute; history, culture, and religion to provide an extensive analysis of core themes in O?b&agrave;t&aacute;l&aacute;&rsquo;s and Ol&oacute;kun&rsquo;s stories. They argue for a more complex reading of O?b&agrave;t&aacute;l&aacute; beyond the often sustained and single narrative of struggle and defeat as well as a more nuanced reading of Ol&oacute;kun as a holy well beyond its popular exemplification of a female deity of wealth, childbirth, and preeminent owner of the world&rsquo;s ocean. Drawing from oral accounts, chants, folk songs, praise poems, and verses from the<i> If&aacute;</i> corpus, the authors provide new insights into the worlds of both deities hitherto missing in the literature.