Oduduwa  Oduduwa, Olofin Adimula, Emperor and First Suzerain of the Yoruba, was the Oba of Ile-Ife. His name, phonetically written by Yoruba language-speakers as Odùduwà and sometimes contracted as Odudua or Oòdua, is generally ascribed to the ancestral dynasty of Yorubaland due to the fact that he is held by the Yoruba to have been the ancestor of their numerous crowned kings.[1] Following his post-humous deification, he was admitted to the Yoruba pantheon as an aspect of a primordial divinity of the same name. Children ▪ Olowu ▪ Alaketu ▪ Omo NOba ▪ Òràngún ▪ Onisabe ▪ Olupopo ▪ Alaafin About Oduduwa Etymology ▪ Oduduwa is the power of the womb. ▪ Oduduwa represents omnipotency, the ability to affect and reconstruct the physical reality at will. ▪ Oòdua first appears as one of the divinities of the Yoruba theogony. ▪ The narrative indicates that Oduduwa denotes “the essence of behaviour” (Odu-ti-o-da-Iwa)or the reservoir of culture or manners(Odu-ti-o-du-iwa).[2] Narrative Oral history of the Oyo-Yoruba recounts the coming of the Oba Oduduwa from the east, sometimes understood by some sources as the vicinity of Mecca, but more likely signifying the region of Ekiti and Okun sub-communities in northeastern Yorubaland/central Nigeria. Ekiti is near the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers, and is where the Yoruba language is presumed to have separated from related ethno-linguistic groupings like Igala, Igbo, and Edo. When Oduduwa arrived ancient Ife, he and his group are believed to have conquered the component communities and to have evolved the palace structure with its effective centralized power and dynasty. Going by the tribal records, he is commonly referred to as the first Ooni of Ife and progenitor of the Yoruba people. Oduduwa and his role in creation Main article: Yoruba religion Some oral traditions claim that Oduduwa was Olodumares favourite orisha, and as such was sent from heaven to create the earth. Later years Upon the ending of Oduduwas time on Earth, there was a dispersal of his children from Ife to the outposts that they had previously founded inorder for them to establish effective control over these places. Each is said to have made his or her mark in the subsequent urbanization and consolidation of the Yoruba confederacy of kingdoms, with each child or grandchild fashioning his or her state after Ile-Ife. Oduduwa and the line of Olowu Main article: Owu kingdom ▪ A princess marries a priest and later gives birth to the future crowned king of Owu. Oduduwa and the line of Alaketu Main article: Ketu (Benin) ▪ A princess gives birth to the future crowned king of Ketu. Oduduwa and the line of Omo NOba Main article: Oba of Benin ▪ A prince is crowned king of Benin. Oduduwa and the line of Òràngún Main article: Orangun ▪ A prince is crowned king of Ila. Oduduwa and the line of Onisabe Main article: Rulers of the Yoruba state of Sabe ▪ A prince is crowned king of Sabe. Oduduwa and the line of Olupopo ▪ A prince is crowned king of Popo. Oduduwa and the line of Alaafin Main article: Alaafin ▪ A prince is crowned king of Oyo. Oranmiyan Main article: Oranmiyan Oranmiyan was the grandson and the most adventurous of the members of Oduduwas household; taking the title of Alafin, he succeeded in raising a very strong army and expanding his kingdom to an empire. Regarded as being founder of the Oyo Kingdom, some accounts state he was also the third ruler of Ife.
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