My Culture

A statue of oduduwa and an image showing how he created the world. Oduduwa the Father of all Yorubas was the favourite deity of Olodumare. Olodumare is the supreme being in the Yoruba culture. According to sources, Oduduwa was given the task of creating the world after Obatala who was previously given the task got drunk from palm wine. Obatala is one of the deities in the Yorubaland and he is said to be the purest of all deities. After Obatala got drunk, Oduduwa was given the task of creating the earth because everything  under the heavens was water and this was ruled by Olokun. Oduduwa sought the great diviner who is Orunmila who is also known as Ifa. Orunmila told Oduduwa that he should take a snail shell filled with sand, a rooster and a golden c hain . Oduduwa used the chain to climb from the heavens down to the earth where all was water. He then took the sand-filled snail shell and he poured it into the water, he then took the rooster and put it on the sand. The rooste...