[PDF] Tales Of Yoruba Gods And Heroes eBook

Author : Harold Courlander
Publisher : New York : Crown Publishers
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,61 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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"Myths, legends and heroic tales of the Yoruba people of West Africa"--Cover subtitle.

Author : Oladele Olusanya
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 13,29 MB
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1984543016

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Gods and Heroes is the first volume of the Itan—Legends of the Golden Age trilogy about the thousand-year story of the Yoruba people. It starts with the establishment of Ile-Ife by Oduduwa and the great sacrifice of the heroine Moremi. The ancient gods of Yorubaland, Obatala, Orunmila, Ogun, and Olokun all play their part, as well as the great heroes and heroines of antiquity—Oranmiyan, Sango, Oya, Oba Esigie of Benin, and Obanta of Ijebuland. The author uses the genre of the historical novel in a refreshing and imaginative fashion to present the whole tableau of Yoruba history. The result is a vast and rich panorama enlivened with traditional myths and legends seen through the eyes of a single Yoruba family and the Old Woman, the fabled storyteller.

Author : J.K. Jackson
Publisher : Flame Tree Collections
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,25 MB
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781839648885

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Gorgeous Collector's Edition. With its powerful tradition of storytelling, the myths of the continent of Africa have survived colonialism and slavery, bringing together a rich diversity of cultures from Ethiopia to Tanzania, from the Xhosa people to the Yoruba. This collection offers tales of the gods, creation stories, trickster adventures, animal fables and stories which amuse and teach from 'The Tortoise and the Elephant', from the Akamba of Kenya, to 'Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes', from Southern Nigeria, providing an insight into the boundless and vibrant world of African myth. Flame Tree Collector's Editions present the foundations of speculative fiction, authors, myths and tales without which the imaginative literature of the twentieth century would not exist, bringing the best, most influential and most fascinating works into a striking and collectable library. Each book features a new introduction and a Glossary of Terms.

Author : Ulli Beier
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 34,47 MB
Release : 1980-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780521229951

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This mysterious, poetic and often amusing collection of myths illustrates the religion and thought of the West African Yoruba People.

Author : Oladele Olusanya
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 47,86 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Heroes
ISBN : 9789785413014

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Legends of the Golden age' trilogy about the 1000-year story of the Yoruba people, starts with the establishment of Ile-Ife by Oduduwa and the great sacrifice of the heroine, Moremi. The ancient gods of Yorubaland, Obatala, Orunmila, Ogun, and Olokun all play their part in this magnificent story, as well as the great heroes and heroines of antiquity--Oranmiyan, Sango, Oya, Oba Esigie of Benin and Obanta of Ijebuland. The author tells this ancient story in a refreshing and captivating fashion, giving us the whole tableau of Yoruba history, myths and legends as a vast and rich panorama, seen through the eyes of a single Yoruba family and the Old Woman, the fabled storyteller.

Author : Ayodele Publishing
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,46 MB
Release : 2022-12-31
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This Yoruba gods and orishas book is the perfect introduction to the Yoruba deities. learning about them can help children gain an understanding of their culture, religion and traditions. you will love getting to know these legendary characters from Africa ! for ages 7 and older 60 pages

Author : Harold Scheub
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,90 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780195124576

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This collection of fascinating and revealing tales captures the sprawling diversity of African mythology. Four hundred alphabetically arranged entries touch on virtually every aspect of African religious belief, from Africa's great epic themes (dualistic gods, divine tricksters, creator gods, and heroes) to descriptions of major mythic systems (the Dogon, the Asante, and the San) and beyond. Scheub covers the entire continent, from the mouth of the Nile to the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, including North African as well as sub-Saharan cultures. His retellings provide information about the respective belief system, the main characters, and related stories or variants. Perhaps most important, Scheub emphasizes the role of mythmaker as storyteller--as a performer for an audience. He studies various techniques, from the rhythmic movements of a Zulu mythmaker's hands to the way a storyteller will play on the familiar context of other myths within her cultural context. An invaluable bridge to the richly diverse oral cultures of Africa, this collection uncovers a place where story and storyteller, tradition and performance, all merge.

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 31,93 MB
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1839643102

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Africa south of the Sahara is a land of wide-ranging traditions and varying cultures. Despite the diversity and the lack of early written records, the continent possesses a rich body of folk tales and legends that have been passed down through the strong custom of storytelling and which often share similar elements, characters and ideas between peoples. So this collection offers a hefty selection of legends and tales – stories of the gods, creation and origins, trickster exploits, animal fables and stories which entertain and edify – from ‘Obatala Creates Mankind’, from the Yoruba people of west Africa, to ‘The Girl Of The Early Race, Who Made Stars’, from the San people of southern Africa, all collected in a gorgeous gold-foiled and embossed hardback to treasure.

Author : Oyekan Owomoyela
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 33,46 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803286115

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A collection of twenty-three tales involving Aj'ap'a, a tortoise with human traits who has relationships with an assortment of animal and human characters