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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Oduduwa_groove_where_Oduduwa_is_believed_to_have_descended.jpg/330px-Oduduwa_groove_where_Oduduwa_is_believed_to_have_descended.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Oduduwa_groove_where_Oduduwa_is_believed_to_have_descended.jpg/440px-Oduduwa_groove_where_Oduduwa_is_believed_to_have_descended.jpg 2x" data-file-width="676" data-file-height="1018" /></a><figcaption>A statue of Oduduwa</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Oduduwa</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba</a> <a href="/wiki/God_king" title="God king">divine king</a>, legendary founder of the <a href="/wiki/Ife_Empire" title="Ife Empire">Ife Empire</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Creator_deity" title="Creator deity">creator deity</a> (<a href="/wiki/Orisha" title="Orisha">orisha</a>) in the <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_religion" title="Yoruba religion">Yoruba religion</a>. His earthly origins are from the village of <a href="/wiki/Oke_Ora" title="Oke Ora">Oke Ora</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to tradition, he was the holder of the title of the <i>Olofin</i> of <a href="/wiki/Ile-Ife" class="mw-redirect" title="Ile-Ife">Ile-Ife</a>, the Yoruba <a href="/wiki/Holy_city" title="Holy city">holy city</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ruled briefly in <a href="/wiki/Ile-Ife" class="mw-redirect" title="Ile-Ife">Ife</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also served as the progenitor of a number of independent royal dynasties in <a href="/wiki/Yorubaland" title="Yorubaland">Yorubaland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Yoruba religious traditions, Oduduwa is seen as a divine or semi-divine being that was sent by the creator deity, <a href="/wiki/Olodumare" class="mw-redirect" title="Olodumare">Olodumare</a>, from heaven to create the earth upon the waters. These beliefs are held by Yoruba traditionalists to be the cornerstone of their story of creation. Obatala, Oduduwa's sibling, and Oduduwa here are represented symbolically by a <a href="/wiki/Calabash" title="Calabash">calabash</a>, with Obatala taking the top and Oduduwa taking the bottom. In this narrative, Oduduwa is also known as <i>Olofin Otete</i>, The one who took the calabash of existence (Igbá Ìwà) from Olodumare.<sup id="cite_ref-Washington_2014_25–28_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Washington_2014_25–28-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historical accounts on the other hand holds that he migrated into the Ife valley from <a href="/wiki/Oke_Ora" title="Oke Ora">Oke Ora</a>, a community to Ife's east. The time and length of his reign are not certain, but Yoruba spirituality believes that Oduduwa is believed to be as old as time itself. Oduduwa was the first ruler of a unified Ife, which before him had existed as a group of loosely allied communities of thirteen <i>Elu</i>. He is also the founding father of various independent royal dynasties in Yorubaland, and is today venerated as “the hero, the warrior, the leader, and the father of the Yoruba race”. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The etymological derivation of the Yoruba name “Oduduwa” is: Odu-ti-o-da-uwa (i.e. Odu-ti-o-da-iwa).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This translates literally to: The great repository which brings forth existence.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ife_traditions">Ife traditions</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">House of Oduduwa</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><a href="/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal dynasty">royal dynasty</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Cabeza_de_rey_(ciudad_yoruba).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Cabeza_de_rey_%28ciudad_yoruba%29.jpg/220px-Cabeza_de_rey_%28ciudad_yoruba%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="410" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Cabeza_de_rey_%28ciudad_yoruba%29.jpg/330px-Cabeza_de_rey_%28ciudad_yoruba%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Cabeza_de_rey_%28ciudad_yoruba%29.jpg/440px-Cabeza_de_rey_%28ciudad_yoruba%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1548" data-file-height="2884" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Ife_Head" class="mw-redirect" title="Ife Head">Ife Head</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imperial_cult" title="Imperial cult">relic of the royal cult</a> of an ancient <a href="/wiki/Ooni" class="mw-redirect" title="Ooni">Ooni</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ile-Ife" class="mw-redirect" title="Ile-Ife">Ile-Ife</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heraldic_charge" class="mw-redirect" title="Heraldic charge">heraldic symbol</a> of Ife royalty</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent house</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oke_Ora" title="Oke Ora">Oke Ora</a> (Historically)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_of_God" title="Son of God">Olodumare (God)</a> (Philosophically)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yorubaland" title="Yorubaland">Yorubaland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">c.11th century</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data">Oduduwa (Olofin Adimula)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current head</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adeyeye_Enitan_Ogunwusi" title="Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi">Ojaja II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Titles</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oba_(ruler)" title="Oba (ruler)">Ọba</a>, Ọọni <a href="/wiki/Ife" class="mw-redirect" title="Ife">Ifẹ</a> <br /></li> <li>Ọba, Olofin Adimula Ife</li></ul> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Oloye" class="mw-redirect" title="Oloye">Ojoye/Oloye</a> Ife<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>ÌHÀRẸ - Outer/Town chiefs (Àgbà Ifẹ̀)</b>:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ọbalufe (Ọ̀runtọ́) Ife</li> <li>Ọbalọran Ife</li> <li>Ọbajio Ife</li> <li>Ọbalaye Ife</li> <li>Akọgun Ife</li> <li>Waasin ife</li> <li>Jagunọṣin ife</li> <li>Ejesi Ife</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b>MỌDÉWÁ – Inner/Palace chiefs (Ẹmẹsẹ̀):<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></li> <li>Lọwa ijaruwa</li> <li>Isanire</li> <li>Jaran</li> <li>Aguro</li> <li>Arodẹ</li> <li>Ladin</li> <li>Lọwate</li> <li>Erebẹsẹ</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Omoba" class="mw-redirect" title="Omoba">Ọmọba</a> Ife</li> <li>Yeyeluwa Ife</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oloori" class="mw-redirect" title="Oloori">Oloori</a> Ife</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(manner_of_address)" class="mw-redirect" title="Style (manner of address)">Style(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Kábíèsí</i> <br /><a href="/wiki/Majesty" title="Majesty">Majesty</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Highness" title="Imperial Highness">Imperial Highness</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Members</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olubuse_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Olubuse II">Olubuse II</a> <br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adesoji_Aderemi" title="Adesoji Aderemi">Adesoji Aderemi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tejumade_Alakija" title="Tejumade Alakija">Tejumade Alakija</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Connected families</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oyo_empire#The_Alaafin_of_Oyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Oyo empire">Oyo royal family</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Oba_of_Benin" title="Oba of Benin">Bini royal family</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Traditions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yoruba_religion" title="Yoruba religion">Ìṣẹ̀ṣe</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Ilé Ifẹ̀ orírun ayé, Ibi tí ojúmọ́ ti ń mọ́ wá</i>. (<a href="/wiki/Yoruba_language" title="Yoruba language">Yoruba</a>: Ife, source origin of the world, the place from which dawn begins)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cadet branches</th><td class="infobox-data">In <a href="/wiki/Ife" class="mw-redirect" title="Ife">Ife</a> (4) <ul><li>Oshinkola of Iremo</li> <li>Giesi of Moore</li> <li>Ogboru of Ilare</li> <li>Lafogido of Okerewe</li></ul> <p>Outside Ife (Several) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oyo_empire#The_Alaafin_of_Oyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Oyo empire">Oyo royal family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oba_of_Benin" title="Oba of Benin">Bini royal family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Yoruba_state_of_Ketu" title="List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Ketu">Ketu royal family</a></li> <li>Various royal families across <a href="/wiki/Yorubaland" title="Yorubaland">Yorubaland</a>.</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Oduduwa" title="Special:EditPage/Oduduwa">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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Leadership of the confederal agreement that existed between the thirteen communities of what would become Ife was structured to be rotational between the Obas of each community taking turns at chairmanship. The communities are remembered to be; Iloromu, Imojubi, Ideta (Idita), Oke-Oja, Parakin, Ido, Iwinrin, Odin, Ijugbe, Iraye, Oke-Awo, Iloran and Omologun. At that time Oduduwa and his followers migrated down into the ife valley below, there was a brewing level of dissatisfaction amongst the communities on the issue of Obatala's kingship, which was unsatisfactory to some. </p><p>Oduduwa and his group are believed to have disrupted the political structure of the 13 communities through the support of about 6 (<i>Elu Mefa</i>) of the 13 component communities. Rather than deposing <a href="/wiki/Obatala" class="mw-redirect" title="Obatala">Obatala</a>, the town was divided into two with both figures serving as kings of their respective groups. His reign was largely restricted to Idio. However, Ife tradition states that he was never known as an <a href="/wiki/Ooni" class="mw-redirect" title="Ooni">Ooni</a> and neither did he use the Ife traditional crown. </p><p>Oduduwa had only one son whose name was ‘Okanbi’, who also went by the alias ‘Idekoserake’. Okanbi, in turn, gave birth to seven children: the first of them being two princesses after which came five princes. </p><p>Through war lasting many years, Oduduwa was able to defeat the forces of the 13 indigenous communities of Ife led by Obatala (the most powerful and sweetest god) and formed these communities into a single Ife state. </p><p>He held the <a href="/wiki/Oriki" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriki">praise names</a> Olofin Adimula, Olofin Aye and Olufe. Since he is held by the Yoruba to have been the ancestor of their numerous crowned kings, his name, phonetically written by Yoruba language-speakers as Odùduwà and sometimes contracted as Ooduwa, Odudua or Oòdua, is generally ascribed to the ancestral dynasties of Yorubaland. Following his posthumous deification, he was admitted to the Yoruba pantheon as an aspect of a primordial divinity of the same name, historical accounts state. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_years">Later years</h3></div> <p>The leadership contest was brought to an end following the collaborative effort of Obatala, Orunmila and Owa Ilare. The three figures were able to facilitate the death of Oduduwa. Following this, a major part of Oduduwa's support base dispersed - this has been reinterpreted to mean a dispersal of his children and grandchildren from Ife to the outposts that they had previously founded or gained influence over. </p><p>Obalufon II Alayemore was on the throne when Oranmiyan, the son of <a href="/wiki/Ogun" title="Ogun">Ogun</a> but often associated with Oduduwa, returned from his sojourn and contested Obalufon's kingship. It is unclear how Lajamisan is Oranmiyan's son, though he brutally seized the throne and is arguably the progenitor of all of the Oonis that have reigned in Ife from his time till now, prompting historians to label it the Lajamisan dynasty, which has remained unbroken for almost 700 years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Oranmiyan">Oranmiyan</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Oranmiyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Oranmiyan">Oranmiyan</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Oranmiyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Oranmiyan">Oranmiyan</a> is said to have been a biological son of Ogun, who was in turn the son of Oduduwa and his war captain, hence the misconception that Oranmiyan had two fathers. He was one of the most adventurous of the Yoruba historical figures. The controversy surrounding his birth is due to the fact that both Oduduwa and Ogun had affairs with the same woman, his mother, Lakange. Ogun was a warrior whose expedition led to capturing Lakange as war booty and he had sexual relations with her. Oduduwa equally desired the woman and had sexual relations with her while she was pregnant. Whatever the case, the affair resulted in the birth of Odede, otherwise known as Oranmiyan.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oranmiyan would later become the first <a href="/wiki/Alaafin" title="Alaafin">Alaafin</a> of Oyo and, later, the Ooni of Ife. He ruled also in the Kingdom of Benin for awhile after a crisis among the people of Benin forced them to consult Oduduwa to send them a ruler who will rule over them, but left to return to Ife after finding the People of the Benin Kingdom ungovernable, Prior to his departure from Benin Kingdom, he married a Benin woman with whom he had a son called Eweka who later proceeded to the throne, and is the progenitor of all the Obas in the Kingdom of Benin to the present day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Moremi_and_the_Ugbo">Moremi and the Ugbo</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Oke_Ora#Emergence_of_The_Ugbo" title="Oke Ora">Oke Ora § Emergence of The Ugbo</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Moremi_Ajasoro" title="Moremi Ajasoro">Moremi Ajasoro</a></div> <p>After the dispersal of most members of the family of Oduduwa, the aborigines became ungovernable and constituted themselves as a serious threat to the survival of Ife. Thought to be descendants of Oranfe through Obalufon Ogbogbodinrin (Osangangan Obamakin) who had ruled the land before the arrival of Oranmiyan, these people turned themselves into marauders. They would come to town <a href="/wiki/Masquerade_ceremony" title="Masquerade ceremony">in costumes made of raffia with terrible and fearsome appearances</a>, burn down houses and loot the markets. It is at this point that <a href="/wiki/Moremi_Ajasoro" title="Moremi Ajasoro">Moremi Ajasoro</a>, a woman from Igun in Ile-Ife, came onto the scene. She was married to Lukugba, Obalufon Alayemore, and Oranmiyan at different times; she subsequently played a significant role in restoring normalcy to the situation through a spying mission. She allowed herself to be captured and taken away with the marauders. Subsequent to this, she married the king of the Ugbo. Her new husband wanted pleasure from her, but she would not give in because she was already married and was on a mission. She told him to tell her the secret of the marauders; he initially refused to but after great insistence on her part, he gave in. He told her that the only thing they feared was fire; if they saw fire, they would retreat. With this information, she concocted an escape plan. She asked for some oranges and prepared a formula that drugged the palace entourage, causing them to fall into a deep slumber. When they woke up, they found that she had escaped to inform her people of their weakness. Using this information, the people of Ife were well prepared to face the marauders.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alternative_views">Alternative views</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oduduwa_and_his/her_role_in_creation"><span id="Oduduwa_and_his.2Fher_role_in_creation"></span>Oduduwa and his/her role in creation</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Primordial_Goddess" class="mw-redirect" title="Primordial Goddess">Primordial Goddess</a></div> <p>Yoruba religious traditions about the dawn of time claim that Oduduwa was <a href="/wiki/Olodumare" class="mw-redirect" title="Olodumare">Olodumare</a>'s favorite <a href="/wiki/Orisa" class="mw-redirect" title="Orisa">Orisa</a>. As such, he (or she, as the primordial Oduduwa originally represented the Divine Feminine aspect and Obatala the Divine Masculine) was sent from heaven to create the earth upon the waters, a mission he/she had usurped from his/her consort and sibling Obatala, who had been equipped with a snail shell filled with sand and a rooster to scatter the said sand in order to create land. These beliefs, held by Yoruba traditionalists, are said to be the cornerstone of their story of creation. Obatala and Oduduwa here are represented symbolically by a <a href="/wiki/Calabash" title="Calabash">calabash</a>, with Obatala taking the top and Oduduwa taking the bottom. In this narrative, Oduduwa is also known as <i>Olofin Otete</i>, the one who took the Basket of Existence from Olodumare. </p><p>Another depiction of Oduduwa as being the wife of Obatala is presented in Odu Ifa Osa Meji, a verse of the <a href="/wiki/Ifa" class="mw-redirect" title="Ifa">Ifa oracle</a>. In this Odu, Obatala discovers the secret of his wife and steals the masquerade's robes from her to wear it himself. This is suggested to be a historical representation of a switch from <a href="/wiki/Matriarchy" title="Matriarchy">matriarchy</a> to <a href="/wiki/Patriarchy" title="Patriarchy">patriarchy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Washington_2014_25–28_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Washington_2014_25–28-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This cosmological tradition has sometimes been blended with the tradition of the historical Oduduwa. According to others, the historical Oduduwa is considered to be named after the earlier version of Oduduwa, who is female and related to the Earth called Ile.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The earlier traditions of either a gender-fluid or an expressly female Oduduwa are seen in the spirit's representation in the Gelede tradition. Initiates of Gelede receive a shrine to Oduduwa along with a Gelede costume and mask. This speaks to Oduduwa as being associated with the divine ancestral mothers that are known as Awon iya wa or <a href="/wiki/Iyami_Aje" title="Iyami Aje">Iyami</a>. Here, Oduduwa is revered as the mother of the Yoruba.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-Yoruba_views">Non-Yoruba views</h3></div> <p>Certain other people have claimed a connection to Oduduwa. According to the <a href="/wiki/Kanuri_people" title="Kanuri people">Kanuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yauri_Emirate" title="Yauri Emirate">Yauri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gobir" title="Gobir">Gobir</a>, Acipu, <a href="/wiki/Jukun_people_(West_Africa)" title="Jukun people (West Africa)">Jukun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Borgu" title="Borgu">Borgu</a> tribes, whose founding ancestors were said to be Oduduwa's brothers <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (as recorded in the 19th century by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Johnson_(Nigerian_historian)" title="Samuel Johnson (Nigerian historian)">Samuel Johnson</a>), Oduduwa was the son of Damerudu, whom Yoruba call <i>Lamurudu</i>, a prince who was himself the son of the magician <a href="/wiki/Kisra_legend" title="Kisra legend">King Kisra</a>. Kisra and his allies are said to have fought <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Badr" title="Battle of Badr">Battle of Badr</a> and Kisra was forced to migrate from Arabia into Africa after losing the war to the jihadists in 624 AD. According to the legend, he and his followers founded many kingdoms and ruling dynasties along their migration route into West Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This tradition is a variant of the belief, popular amongst some Muslims, that held that Oduduwa was a prince originating from <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a>. However, it is thought by some scholars to derive from the later influences on Yoruba culture of Islam and other Abrahamic religions and conflicts with other traditions in the Yoruba traditional corpus.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bascom,_p._10_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bascom,_p._10-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Candomble_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Candomble religion">Candomble religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Ife" title="List of rulers of Ife">List of rulers of Ife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legends_of_Africa" title="Legends of Africa">Legends of Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santeria_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Santeria religion">Santeria religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoruba_religion" title="Yoruba religion">Yoruba religion</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNwanyanwuOpajobiOlayinka1997" class="citation book cs1">Nwanyanwu, O. 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(1980). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ayelekumari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ketumyths-women.pdf">"Ketu Myths and the Status of Women"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Ayelekumari.com</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018014717/https://ayelekumari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ketumyths-women.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 2019-10-18<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Indiana University Press. pp. 232–234. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0253205654" title="Special:BookSources/0253205654"><bdi>0253205654</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gelede%3A+Art+and+Female+Power+among+the+Yoruba&rft.pages=232-234&rft.pub=Indiana+University+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0253205654&rft.aulast=Drewal&rft.aufirst=Margaret+and+Henry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOduduwa" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">History of the Yorubas by Samuel Johnson 1921</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A. 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