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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ogundipe, Ayodele, author.

Contributor:

Olupona, Jacob K. (Jacob Kẹhinde), 1951- writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Esu (Legendary character).

Yoruba trickster tales.

Tricksters--Nigeria, Western.

Tricksters.

Yoruba (African people)--Folklore.

Yoruba (African people).

Yoruba (African people)--Religion.

Laudatory poetry, Yoruba.

Yoruba oral tradition.

Exu.

Good and evil--Social aspects--Nigeria.

Good and evil.

Esu (Afro-Caribbean deity).

Esu.

Good and evil--Social aspects.

Nigeria.

Western Nigeria.

Genre:

Folklore.

Physical Description:

xxii, 254 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

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

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.

Contents:

Folk songs

Texts Narratives of Èsù ElègbàraBibliographyList of Motifs

Notes:

This PhD dissertation by Ayodele Ogundipe was written in 1978 for the Department of Folklore, Indiana University.

Bibliography (pages 243-250) and index.

ISBN:

9789789275908

9789275900

OCLC:

863038225

Publisher Number:

99983215612