Myth, Ritual, and Visible Expressions of O?batala and Olokun Ile-If?`

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Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
By: By Oluwafunminiyi Wasiu Raheem, Ayowole S. Elugbaju
Release Date: February 13, 2025
Format: HARDBACK
Pages: 292

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In Myth, Ritual, and Visible Expressions of O?batala and Olokun Ile-If??, Oluwafunminiyi Wasiu Raheem and Ayowole S. Elugbaju explore O?batala (Yoruba deity of creation) and Olokun's (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 Yoruba's history and religion to provide an extensive analysis of core themes in O?batala's and Olokun's stories. They argue for a more complex reading O?batala beyond the often sustained and single narrative of struggle and defeat as well as a more nuanced reading of Olokun's presentation as a holy well beyond its popular exemplification of a female deity of wealth, childbirth, and pre-eminent owner of the world's ocean. Drawing from oral accounts, chants, folk songs, praise poems, and verses from the Ifa corpus, the authors provide new insights into the worlds of both deities hitherto missing in the literature.

Oluwafunminiyi Wasiu Raheem is assistant professor at Osun State University. Ayowole S. Elugbaju lectures in the Department of History and International Studies at Redeemer's University.

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction Introduction Part II: O?batala, Religio-Mythology Narratives, and Epistemic Nodes Chapter 1: O?batala in Yoruba Mythology Chapter 2: O?batala and the Institution of Kingship in Ile-If?? Chapter 3: The Oris?a Nla (O?batala) Festival in Ile-If?? Chapter 4: The Oris?a Nla (O?batala) Festival in Throes of Change Part III: Fluid World, Sacred Manifestation, Therapeutic Landscape and Ritual Encounters Chapter 5: When the World was Fluid: Olokun, Myth and Sacred Manifestation Chapter 6: Olokun Seniade: The Holy Well of Ile-If?? Chapter 7: Olokun Temple: Sacred Landscape of Spiritual Devotion Chapter 8: Ritual Practices and Sacred Observances to Olokun Chapter 9: Festival Days of Olokun Part IV: Epilogue Chapter 10: O?batala and Olokun: The Gender Dynamics Bibliography About the Authors

Myth, Ritual, and Visible Expressions of O?batala and Olokun Ile-If?? is a brilliant work in religious studies and makes a significant contribution to the literature on Yoruba cosmology. Oluwafunminiyi Wasiu Raheem and Ayowole S. Elugbaju offer a thorough account of the role of sacred stories and rituals in Ile-If??, a city steeped in religious and philosophical significance. The authors explore and reimagine Yoruba Traditional Religion through robust ethnographic research and meticulous observation in Ile-If??. This groundbreaking manuscript illuminates the history of Ile-If??, colonialism, and traditional beliefs and knowledge through the famous O?batala festival. Using the O?batala festival to interrogate questions of religious pluralism, the growth of Abrahamic religions in Africa, and modernity, the authors weave together Yoruba Traditional Religion and the history in this pioneering and well-written work. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in religious rituals, Yoruba religion, and more broadly traditional African religions. -- Jacob K. Olupona, Harvard University

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