- ODUDUWA, THE relation OF THE topped
YORUBA KINGS
Oduduwa, phonetically written as Odùduwà, and typically contractile as Odudua, Oòdua, is
generally command among the Yoruba to be the relation of the topped Yoruba kings.
Several legends regarding the origin and ancestry of Oduduwa teem in Yoruba and Dahomey
mythology. The Yorubas believe he's the daddy of the Yoruba’s and ancestor of all Yoruba
Oba's and therefore the Oba of Dahomey. The Dahomey believe that he's a Benin patrician referred to as
EKALADERHAN WHO was banished by his father, the Ogiso of Dahomey. His name, the Benins
claim, comes from 'Idoduwa", a Dahomey acceptation fortune's path, symbolising the painful
exile from his ancestral home. In support of this, they claim, Oduduwa's son Oranmiyan later
returned to Dahomey to rule the Empire around one,000 AD. Oduduwa is believed to own had many
sons (16 in number) WHO later became powerful ancient rulers of Yoruba land, most notably
Alafin of Oyo, Oni of Ife, Oragun of Ila, Owa of Ilesha, Alake of Abeokuta and Osemawe of
Ondo. Yoruba tradition holds that Oduduwa fled from Mecca to Ile-Ife, delivery with him the Ifa
religion that was below maltreatment in Mecca. He established it firmly in Ile-Ife and based
the Ogboni cult to guard the traditional customs and establishments of his folks. The Oduduwa
shrine remains idolized nowadays in Ile-Ife because the cradle of Yoruba culture.
Oral history of the Oyo-Yoruba recount the approaching of Oduduwa from the east, sometimes
understood by Muslim sources because the "vicinity" or direction of Mecca, however additional possible signifying
the region of Ekiti and Okun sub-ethnics in northeastern Yorubaland/central African country. A strong
theory among the Yoruba is that Oduduwa came from the region of Egypt or Nubia and should are fleeing from spiritual maltreatment or invasion, presumably coinciding with the Greek
invasion and establishment of Egypt within the fourth century BCE. Oduduwa is plausible to own
entered the Ekiti-Yoruba and Okun-Yoruba region. This region is close to the confluence of the
Niger and Benue rivers, and is wherever the Yoruba language is plausible to own separated from
related ethno-linguistic teams like Igala, Igbo, and Edo
The Ife oral traditions, on the opposite hand, tell that Odùduwà was the son of the supreme god
Olodumare or Olorun, and was sent by him from heaven to make the planet. (Another version of
this story ascribes these episodes to Obatala, casting Oodua, as AN usurper).
Descending from the heavens via a sequence disillusioned to Ile Ife, Obatala brought with him a
cockerel, a pigeon, and a calabash filled with dirt. when throwing the soil upon the waters, he set the
cockerel and columbiform bird on the pile of dirt that, in turn, scraped and scattered it around to make the
rest of object that became the Earth's surface.
Odùduwà later on became one in all the primary kings of Ife, then sent his sons out with
crowns to rule over all of the opposite Yorùbá kingdoms, that is why all royal Yorùbá lineages
claim direct descent from Odùduwà and sit down with the Ooni of Ife as initial among equals (popularly
rendered within the Latin phrase primus inhume pares in Nigeria).
Ile Ife continues to be thought of the non secular capital of the Yoruba.
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