Research Catalog

Title

Èșù Elegbára : Change, chance, uncertainty in Yorùbá mythology / Ayọdele Ogundipẹ ; introduction by Jacob Olupona.

Author

Ogundipe, Ayodele

Publication

Ilorin, Kwara State : Kwara State University Press, 2012.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Olupona, Jacob K. (Jacob Kẹhinde), 1951-

Description

xxii, 254 pages; 21 cm

Summary

This book provides a better understanding of the ubiquitous deity in Yoruba pantheon, an objective which is brilliantly achieved. The author's extensive fieldwork involved close interactions with the leaders and votaries of the Esu cult, particularly in two major Yoruba cities where the cult traditions are kept alive. The author also extends the coverage to Esu traditional worship in the Yoruba Diaspora, particularly in Dahomey, now Benin Republic and Brazil. Several praise poems in the original Yoruba language, aptly translated into English by the author, as well as several mythological stories about the deity, told by the worshippers and reliable informants, form part of this work.

Subject

• Esu (Afro-Caribbean deity)
• Yoruba (African people) > Religion

Genre/Form

Folklore

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Folk songs -- Texts Narratives of Èsù ElègbàraBibliographyList of Motifs

ISBN

9789789275908

OCLC

• 863038225
• SCSB-10684200

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library