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“Ìtàn Ìjà laarin Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́ àti Asin – Ìgbẹ̀hìn Ìjà fún Asin àti òfófó fún Ìjàpá kò bímọ ire” – “The fight between the Squirrel and the Rat (with a long mouth) and the Consequence of Gossiping for the Tortoise”.

Ni ayé igbà kan ri, àwọn ẹranko ni ọjà ti wọn. Ni ọjọ́ ọjà, Kìnìún, Ajá, Ìgalà, Ikõkò, Kọ̀lọ̀kọ̀lọ̀, Erin, Ẹkùn, Ìjàpá, Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́, Eku-Asin, àti àwọn ẹranko yoku gbé irè oko àti ẹrù fún títà wá si ọjà. Erin ni Olóri ọjà, Kìnìún ni igbá keji. Gbogbo ẹranko mọ àlébù ara wọn. Wọn mọ̀ pé Asin fẹ́ràn ijà, bẹni òfófó àti àtojúbọ̀ ni àlébù Ìjàpá.

Àjàpá, Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́, Eku-Asin, àti àwọn ẹranko yoku – Tortoise and other animals.

Ni ọjọ́ kan, ijà bẹ́ silẹ̀ laarin Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́ àti Asin. Ki ṣe pé àwọn ẹranko yoku kò lè làjà yi, ṣùgbọ́n wọn rò pé Asin ti tún gbé iṣe rẹ̀ dé nitori ó fẹ́ràn ijà, nitori eyi, wọn kò dá si ijà. Ìjàpá fi ìsọ̀ rẹ̀ silẹ̀, ó sá lọ wòran ijà. Nigbati ó dé ibi ijà, ó rò pé Asin lágbára ju Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́ lọ, ó kó si wọn laarin. Eku-Asin kò fẹ́ràn Ìjàpá nitori ki gbọ tara ẹ, nitori eyi, inú bi i, ó fi Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́ silẹ̀, ó kọjú ijà si Ìjàpá. Ó fi ibinú gé imú Ìjàpá jẹ. Ìjàpá bẹ̀rẹ̀ si ké igbe pẹ̀lú orin yi nitoÌri ki àwọn ẹranko yoku lè gba ohun lọwọ Asin:

Asín tòhun Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́ —————– jo mi jo
Àwọn ló jọ njà ———————- jo mi jo
Ìjà ré mo wá là ———————-jo mi jo
Asín wá fi mí ni mú jẹ ———— jo mi jo
Ẹ gbà mí lọwọ́ rẹ̀ —————— jo mi jo
Àwò mí mbẹ lọ́jà ——————-jo mi jo

Àwọn ẹranko yoku kọ̀ lati gba Ìjàpá lọwọ Asin, dipò ki wọn làjà gẹ́gẹ́ bi orin arò Ìjàpá, yẹ̀yẹ́ ni wọn bẹ̀rẹ̀ si ṣe, pé Ìjàpá ri ẹ̀san òfófó. Nigbati Ìjàpá ri pé àwọn ẹranko yoku kò ṣetán lati gba ohun, ó lo ọgbọ́n inú rẹ̀ lati tu ara rẹ̀ silẹ̀. Ó fa imú rẹ àti ẹnu Asin wọ inú ikarawun rẹ, ó pa ikarawun dé mọ ẹnu Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́. Asin bẹ̀rẹ̀ si jà pàtàpàtà lati tú ẹnu rẹ̀ silẹ̀. Bi ó ti dura bẹni ẹnu rẹ̀ gùn si titi ó fi já. Ìjà yi ló sọ Asin di ẹlẹ́nu gígùn, ti ó sọ Ìjàpá di onímú kékeré titi di ọjọ́ òni.

Ẹ̀kọ́ itàn yi ni pé kò si èrè rere ninú ijà tàbi iwà òfófó nitori igbẹhin àlébù wọnyi ki i dára.

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“Ìtàn bi Ìjàpá ti fa Àkóbá fún Ọ̀bọ: Ẹ Ṣọ́ra fún Ọ̀rẹ́ Burúkú” – “The Story of how the Tortoise caused the Monkey an unprovoked trouble: Be careful with a bad Friend”

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Ni ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ itàn Yorùbá, Ìjàpá jẹ ọ̀lẹ, òbùrẹ́wà, kò tóbi tó àwọn ẹranko yoku, ṣùgbọ́n ó ni ọgbọ́n àrékérekè ti ó fi ngbé ilé ayé.

Ò̀we Yorùbá sọ wi pé, “Iwà jọ iwà, ni ọ̀rẹ́ jọ ọ̀rẹ́”, ṣùgbọ́n ninú itàn yi, iwà Ìjàpá àti Ọ̀bọ kò jọra. Ìjàpá pẹ̀lú Ọ̀bọ di ọ̀rẹ́ nitori wọn jọ ngbé àdúgbò. Gbogbo ẹranko yoku mọ̀ wi pé iwà wọn kò jọra nitori eyi, ó jẹ́ ìyàlẹ́nu fún wọn irú ọ̀rẹ́ ti wọn bára ṣe.

Ọgbọ́n burúkú kó wọn Ìjàpá, ni ọjọ́ kan ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ si ṣe àdúrà lojiji pé “Àkóbá , àdábá, Ọlọrun ma jẹ ká ri”, Ọ̀bọ kò ṣe “Àmin àdúrà” nitori ó mọ̀ wi pé kò si ẹni ti ó lè ṣe àkóbá fún Ìjàpá, à fi ti ó bá ṣe àkóbá fún elòmiràn. Inú bi Ìjàpá, ó ka iwà Ọ̀bọ yi si à ri fin, ó pinu lati kọ lọ́gbọ́n pé ọgbọ́n wa ninú ki enia mã ṣe “Àmin” si àdúrà àwọn àgbà.

Ìjàpá ṣe àkàrà ti ó fi oyin din, o di sinú ewé, ó gbe tọ Ẹkùn lọ. Ki Ẹkùn tó bèrè ohun ti Ìjàpá nwa lo ti gbo oorun didun ohun ti Ìjàpá Ijapa gbe wa. Ìjàpá jẹ́ ki Ẹkùn játọ́ titi kó tó fún ni àkàrà olóyin jẹ. Àkàrà olóyin dùn mọ́ Ẹkùn, ó ṣe iwadi bi òhun ti lè tún ri irú rẹ. Ìjàpá ni àṣiri ni pé Ọ̀bọ ma nṣu di dùn, lára igbẹ́ rẹ ni òhun bù wá fún Ẹkùn. Ó ni ki Ẹkùn fi ọgbọ́n tan Ọ̀bọ, ki ó si gba ni ikùn diẹ ki ó lè ṣu igbẹ́ aládùn fun. Ẹkùn kò kọ́kọ́ gbàgbọ́, ó ni ọjọ́ ti òhun ti njẹ ẹran oriṣiriṣi, kò si ẹranko ti inú rẹ dùn bi eyi ti Ìjàpá gbé wá. Ìjàpá ni ọ̀rẹ òhun kò fẹ́ ki ẹni kan mọ àṣiri yi. Ẹkùn gbàgbọ́, nitori ó mọ̀ wi pé ọ̀rẹ́ gidi ni Ìjàpá àti Ọ̀bọ.

Ẹkùn gba ikùn Ọ̀bọ – Leopard dealt the Monkey blows.

Ẹkùn lúgọ de Ọ̀bọ, ó fi ọgbọ́n tan ki ó lè sún mọ́ òhun. Gẹ́rẹ́ ti Ọ̀bọ sún mọ́ Ẹkùn, o fã lati gba ikùn rẹ gẹ́gẹ́ bi Ìjàpá ti sọ, ki ó lè ṣu di dùn fún òhun. Ó gbá ikun Ọ̀bọ titi ó fi ya igbẹ́ gbi gbóná ki ó tó tu silẹ̀. Gẹ́rẹ́ ti Ẹkùn tu Ọ̀bọ silẹ̀, ó lo agbára diẹ ti ó kù lati sáré gun ori igi lọ lati gba ara lowo iku ojiji. Ẹkùn tọ́ igbẹ́ Ọ̀bọ wò, inú rẹ bàjẹ́, ojú ti i pé òhun gba ọ̀rọ̀ Ìjàpá gbọ. Lai pẹ, Ìjàpá ni Ọ̀bọ kọ́kọ́ ri, ó ṣe àlàyé fún ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ ohun ti ojú rẹ ri lọ́wọ́ Ẹkùn lai funra pé Ìjàpá ló fa àkóbá yi fún òhun. Ìjàpá ṣe ojú àánú, ṣùgbọ́n ó padà ṣe àdúrà ti ó gbà ni ọjọ́ ti Obo kò ṣe “Amin”, pé ọgbọ́n wà ninú ki èniyàn mã ṣe “Àmin” si àdúrà àwọn àgbà. Kia ni Ọ̀bọ bẹ̀rẹ̀ si ṣe “Àmin” lai dúró. Idi ni yi ti Ọ̀bọ fi bẹ̀rẹ̀ si kólòlò ti ó ndún bi “Àmin” titi di ọjọ́ òni.

Ẹ̀kọ́ itàn yi ni pé, bi èniyàn bá mbá ọ̀rẹ́ ọlọ́gbọ́n burúkú rin, ki ó mã funra tàbi ki ó yẹra, ki o ma ba ri àkóbá.

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Ẹni tó ni Ẹrú ló ni Ẹrù – Ìtàn Bàbá tó kó gbogbo ogún fun Ẹrú – “One who owns the Slave owns the Slave’s property too” – The Story of a Father who bequeathed all to his Slave

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Àwọn Alágbàṣe ni Oko -Labourers in the farm

Ni ayé igbà kan ri ki ṣe oye ọkọ, ilé gogoro, aṣọ àti owó ni ilé-ìfowó-pamọ́ ni a fi nmọ Ọlọ́rọ̀ bi kò ṣe pé oye Ẹrú, Ìyàwó, Ọmọ, Ẹran ọsin àti oko kòkó rẹpẹtẹ ni a fi n mọ Ọlọ́rọ̀. Ni àsikò yi, Bàbá kan wa ti ó ni Iyawo púpọ̀, Oko rẹpẹtẹ, ogún-lọ́gọ̀ ohun ọsin, ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ Ẹrú tàbi Alágbàṣe, Ọmọ púpọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ninú gbogbo ọmọ wọnyi, ikan ṣoṣo ni ọkùnrin. Bàbá fi ikan ninú gbogbo Ẹrú ti ó ti pẹ́ pẹ̀lú rẹ, ṣe Olóri fún àwọn Ẹrú yoku. Ẹrú yi fẹ́ràn Bàbá, ó si fi tọkàn-tọkàn ṣe iṣẹ́ fún.

Nigbati Bàbá ti dàgbà, ó pe àwọn àgbà ẹbí lati sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ bi wọn ṣe ma a pín ogún ohun lẹhin ti ohun bá kú nitori kò si iwé-ìhágún bi ti ayé òde oni. Ó ṣe àlàyé pé, ohun fẹ́ràn Olóri Ẹrú gidigidi nitori o fi tọkàn-tọkàn sin ohun, nitori na a, ki wọn kó gbogbo ohun ini ohun fún Ẹrú yi. Ó ni ohun kan ṣoṣo ni ọmọ ọkùnrin ohun ni ẹ̀tọ́ si lati mu.

Lẹhin ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọdún, Bàbá re ibi àgbà nrè, ó ku. Lẹhin ìsìnkú, àwọn ẹbí àti àwọn ọmọ Olóògbé pé jọ lati pín ogún. Ni àsikò yi, ọmọ ọkùnrin ni ó n jogún Bàbá, pàtàki àkọ́bí ọkùnrin nitori ohun ni Àrólé. Gẹgẹ bi àsọtẹ́lẹ̀, wọn pe Olóri Ẹrú jade, wọn si ko gbogbo ohun ini Bàbá ti o di Oloogbe fún. Wọn tún pe ọmọ ọkùnrin kan ṣoṣo ti Bàbá bi jade pé ó ni ẹ̀tọ́ lati mu ohun kan ti ó bá wu u ninú gbogbo ohun ini Bàbá rẹ, nitori eyi wọn fún ni ọjọ́ meje lati ronú ohun ti ó bá wù ú jù. Àwọn ẹbí sun ìpàdé si ọjọ́ keje. Inú Ẹrú dùn púpọ̀ nigbati inú ọmọ Bàbá bàjẹ́. Eyi ya gbogbo àwọn ti ó pé jọ lẹ́nu pàtàki ọmọ Bàbá nitori ó rò pé Bàbá kò fẹ́ràn ohun. Lẹhin ìbànújẹ́ yi, ó gbáradi, ó tọ àwọn àgbà lọ fún ìmọ̀ràn.

Ẹbí pé jọ lati pín Ogún – Family gathered to share inheritance

Ni ọjọ́ keje, ẹbí àti ará tún péjọ lati pari ọ̀rọ̀ ogún pin-pin, wọn pe ọmọ Bàbá jade pé ki ó wá mú ohun kan ṣoṣo ti ó fẹ́ ninú ẹrù Baba rẹ. Ó dide, ó dúpẹ́ lọ́wọ́ gbogbo àwọn ti ó joko, ó yan Olóri Ẹrú gẹgẹ bi àwọn àgbà ti gba a ni ìyànjú. Inú Ẹrú bàjẹ́, ṣùgbọ́n o ni ki Ẹrú má bẹ̀rù, Ẹrú na a ṣe ìlérí lati fi tọkàn-tọkàn tọ́jú ohun ti Bàbá fi silẹ̀. Idi niyi ti Yorùbá ṣe ma npa a lowe pe “Ẹni tó ni Ẹrú ló ni Ẹrù.”

Lára ẹ̀kọ́ itàn yi ni pé, ó dára lati lo ọgbọ́n ọlọ́gbọ́n nitori “Ọgbọ́n ọlọ́gbọ́n ni ki i jẹ ki á pe àgbà ni wèrè”. Ẹ̀kọ́ keji ni pé, ogún ti ó ṣe pàtàki jù ni ki á kọ ọmọ ni ẹ̀kọ́ lati ilé àti lati bójú tó ẹ̀kọ́ ilé-iwé.

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“A ki i jẹ Igún, a ki i fi Ìyẹ́ Igún rinti: Ẹnu Ayé Lẹbọ” – “It is forbidden to eat the Vulture or use its feather as cotton bud: One should be careful of what others say”

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Ohun ti o jẹ èèwọ̀ tàbi òfin ni ilú kan le ma jẹ èèwọ̀/òfin ni ilú miran ṣùgbọ́n bi èniyàn bá dé ilú, ó yẹ ki ó bọ̀wọ̀ fún àṣà àti òfin ilú. Bi èniyàn bá ṣe nkan èèwọ̀, ó lè ṣé gbé ti kò bá si ẹlẹri lati ṣe àkóbá tàbi ki ó fi ẹnu ṣe àkóbá fún ara rẹ̀.

Ni ilú kan ti a mọ̀ si “Ayégbẹgẹ́”, àwọn àlejò ọkùnrin meji kan wa ti orúkọ wọn njẹ́ – Miòṣé àti Moṣétán. Ọba ilú Ayégbẹgẹ́ kede pé èèwọ̀ ni lati jẹ ẹiyẹ Igún ni ilú wọn. Akéde ṣe ikilọ̀ pé ẹni ti ó bá jẹ Igún, ikùn rẹ yio wu titi yio fi kú ni. Àwọn àlejò meji yi ṣe ìlérí pé kò si nkan ti yio ṣẹlẹ̀ ti àwon bá jẹ Igún, nitori eyi wọn fi ojú di èèwọ̀ ilú Ayégbẹgẹ́.

Igún – Vulture

Miòṣé, lọ si oko, ó pa Igun, ó din láta, ó si jẹ́, ṣùgbọ́n ó pa adiẹ, ó da iyẹ́ adiẹ si ààtàn bi ẹni pé adiẹ ló jẹ. Ọ̀pọ̀ ará ilú ti wọn mọ̀ pé èèwọ̀ ni lati jẹ Igún paapa, jẹ ninú rẹ, ṣùgbọ́n wọn kò mọ pé Igún ni àwọn jẹ, wọn rò wi pé adiẹ ni. Miòṣé fi ọ̀rọ̀ àṣiri yi sinú lai si nkan ti ó ṣe gbogbo àwọn ti ó jẹ Igún pẹ̀lú rẹ.

Moṣétán lọ si oko ohun na a pa Igun, ó gbe wá si ilé, ṣùgbọ́n kò jẹ́. Ó pa adiẹ dipò Igún, o din adiẹ ó jẹ ẹ, ṣùgbọ́n, ó da iyẹ́ Igún si ààtàn bi ẹni pé Igún lohun jẹ. Ni ọjọ́ keji àwọn ará ilú ri iyẹ́ Igún wọn pariwo pé Moṣétán jẹ èèwọ̀, ó ni bẹni, ohun jẹ Igún. Ni ọjọ́ kẹta inú Moṣétán bẹ̀rẹ̀ si i wú titi ara fi ni. Nigbati ìnira pọ̀ fún Moṣétán, ó jẹ́wọ́ wi pé adiẹ lohun jẹ, ṣùgbọ́n wọn ko gba a gbọ pé kò jẹ Igun, titi ti ó fi ṣubú ti ó si kú. Yorùbá ni “Ẹnu Ayé Lẹbo”, Moṣétán fi ẹnu kó bá ara rẹ̀.

Ẹ̀kọ́ ìtàn yi ni pé, àfojúdi kò dára, ó yẹ ki enia pa òfin mọ nitori “Bi a ti nṣe ni ilé wa, èèwọ̀ ibò miran”. Ẹni ti kò bá pa òfin mọ, á wọ ijọ̀ngbọ̀n ti ó lè fa ikú tàbi ẹ̀wọ̀n.

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Yoruba Folktale: A Bird Steals Iyawo’s Baby

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There was a man who had two wives. The senior wife is Iyale and the junior wife is Iyawo. Iyale made it so that Iyawo never had enough food to feed her children or nice clothes to wear. Iyawo tried to be nice to Iyale but the nicer Iyawo was, the meaner Iyale became.

One day, Iyawo needed to get some firewood. Iyale would not help her watch her baby so she took her baby into the forest with her. She placed her baby under a tall tree while she went to gather some wood. She finished gathering her firewood and returned to get her baby but the baby was gone. “Ye!” she cried. “Tá lo gbọ́ mọ mí ooo!?” <Who took my baby!?> she screamed. She ran back and forth looking for her baby, crying and yelling but couldn’t find her baby anywhere. Then she looked up, and she saw a bird perched high up in the tree, holding her baby in its clutches. “Ìwọ ẹyẹ́ yìí lorí igi! Fún mi lọmọ mí nísísiyí!” <You this bird in tree! Give me my baby right now!> she called to the bird. The bird threw down a bundle and the Iyawo quickly ran to get it. But it was not her baby. It was a bag of coral beads.

She screamed at the bird saying “Ọmọ mí ní mo fẹ! Kíni maá fí ìlẹkẹ iyùn ṣe!? Fún mi lọmọ mí nísísiyí!” <I want my baby, what will I do with coral beads!? Give me my baby right now!>. The bird sang to her saying that corals are worth more than her baby but the Iyawo would not hear of this. She insisted on her baby. The bird threw down another bundle and the Iyawo ran to get it. But again, it was not her baby, it was a bag of gold. She cried to the bird “Ọmọ mí ní mo fẹ! Kíni maá fí wura ṣe!? Fún mi lọmọ mí nísísiyí!” <I want my baby, what will I do with coral beads!? Give me my baby right now! >. This scene was repeated again with the bird throwing down precious stones, but Iyawo refused to take these in place of her baby. Finally, the bird flew down and placed the baby on the ground. “Oya gbà, ọmọ rẹ nì yìí. Nítoripe o ko ṣ’ojukokoro, gbogbo nkán ti mo gbé fún rẹ o le mú wọn lo” <Here’s your baby. And as you have proven not to be a greedy person, you can go with all that I have offered you>. Now Iyawo had not only her baby, but also the bag of corals, the bag of gold and the precious stones.

When Iyale saw her come home with all these items, she demanded to know how Iyawo had got all the expensive goods. Iyawo told her story and the Iyale decided to get her own goods too. The following morning Iyale took her baby into the forest and laid the baby under the same tall tree. Then she went away pretending to gather firewood. When she got back, her baby was gone. She looked up and saw her baby in the clutches of the bird perched high up on the tree. “Mú ìlẹkẹ iyùn, wura t’o dán, okutá níyebíye atí ọmọ mi wa fún mi!” <Give me corals, gold, precious stones and my baby!> she called to the bird?. The bird threw down a bundle. The Iyale eagerly ran towards this bundle, but instead of coral beads or gold or precious stones, she found stones. “Olodo! Mo sope k’o mú ìlẹkẹ iyùn, wura t’o dán, okutá níyebíye atí ọmọ mi wa fún mi!” <Idiot! I said give me corals, gold, precious stones and my baby!> she called to the bird again. This time the bird threw down a bag of trash. The Iyale screamed at the bird demanding corals, gold and precious stones. But this time, the bird threw down a bag containing the bones of the Iyale’s baby.

Yoruba folktale. Adapted from Allfolkales.com By Babajide Oluwadare Author of Yoruba counting book “Onka 123” available on amazon here

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Gbẹ̀dẹ̀ bi Ogún Ìyá, Ogún Bàbá ló ni ni lára – Maternal Inheritance comes with ease, while paternal inheritance brings about trouble

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Ogún jẹ́ gbogbo ohun ìní ti bàbá tàbi ìyá bá fi silẹ́ ti wọn bá kú. Ni ìgbà àtijọ́, kò wọ́pọ̀ ki olóògbé ṣe ìwé-ìhágún, bi wọn ṣe má a pín ohun ini wọn lẹhin ikú. Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ obìnrin ki i ni ọrọ̀ bi ti àwọn ọkùnrin nitori wọn ki i ni ogún bi ilé, ilẹ̀ tàbi oko. Bi wọn ba ti fẹ ọkọ pàtàki bi ẹbi bá ti gba nkan orí ìyàwó, wọn kò tún lè padà wá gba ilé, ilẹ̀ tàbi oko ni ilé bàbá wọn, nitori eyi, ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ obìnrin kò ni ohun ini púpọ̀. Ọkùnrin ló ni oko, ilé àti ilẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bi àṣà àdáyé ba nitori àwọn ni ‘’Àrólé’’ ti ó njẹ́ orúkọ ìdílé.

Àwọn obìnrin Yorùbá bi Ìyá Tinubu, Ẹfúnṣetán Iyalode Ìbàdàn, Ìyá Tẹ́júoṣó, mọ nipa iṣẹ́ òwò púpọ̀ àti pé láyé òde òni àwọn obìnrin ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ si kàwé lati lè ṣe iṣẹ ti àwọn ọkùnrin nṣe tẹ́lẹ̀. Nitori eyi, lati ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọdún sẹhin, àwọn obìnrin Yorùbá ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ si ni ohun ini bi ilé, ilẹ̀, owó tàbi oko ti ọmọ lè jogún.

Lẹhin ikú bàbá tàbi ìyá, lai si ìwé-ìhágún, àwọn ẹbí ni àṣà àdáyébá ti wọn fi le pín ogún fún àwọn ọmọ olóògbé. Àwọn ẹbí miran lè lo ‘’orí ò jorí’’ tàbi idi-igi (oye ìyàwó) ti ó bá jẹ ogún bàbá. Ọ̀rọ̀ Yorùbá ni “Bàbá gbogbo ayé”, nitori ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ bàbá lo ni iyawo púpọ̀. Ìdí ti ogún bàbá ṣe lè mú ìnira wá ni wi pé ohun ti wọn bá pín fún idi-igi kan lè fa owú jijẹ fún idi-igi miran eyi si ma a ndá ìjà silẹ̀ lẹhin ikú bàbá. Eyi pẹ̀lú idi ti ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọmọ ki i náání ohun ini bàbá lẹhin ikú irú bàbá bẹ́ ẹ̀. Ìgbà miran idi-igi ti o jogún ilé, lè má lè tọ́jú rẹ titi yio fi wó.

Àwọn ilé ti wọn kò tọ́jú – Abandoned houses

Ogún ìyá ko ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ si fa ìjà bi ti bàbá. Ó lè jẹ́ wi pé nitori àwọn obìnrin ti o ni ogún ti wọn lè jà lé kò ti pọ̀ tó bi ti àwọn ọkùnrin ti o ni ìyàwó àti ohun ìní rẹpẹtẹ. Yoruba ni ‘Ọmọ ti a kò kọ́ ló ngbé ilé ti a bá kọ́ tà’. Ọmọ ti ó bá njà du ogún ma nba ogún jẹ ni. Lati din rògbòdiyàn ti ogún ma nfà, ó yẹ ki bàbá tàbi ìyá ṣe ìwé-ìhágún, ki wọn fún ọmọ ni ẹ̀kọ́ ilé àti ẹ̀kọ́ ilé-iwé ti ọmọ kò ni fi jà du ogún bàbá tàbi ti ìyá.

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Originally posted 2017-10-27 10:54:25. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Oríkì Àjọbí, Àṣà Yorùbá ti ó nparẹ́ lọ – Family Lineage Odes, a Dying Yoruba Culture

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Oríkì* jẹ ọ̀rọ̀ ìwúrí ti Yorùbá ma nlò lati fi sọ ìtàn àṣà àti ìṣe ìdílé lati ìran dé ìran. Ninú oríkì ni a ti lè mọ ìtàn ìṣẹ̀dálẹ̀ ẹbí ẹni àti ohun ti a mọ ìdílé mọ́, bí i irú iṣẹ ti wọn nṣe ni ìdílé, oriṣiriṣi èdè ìbílẹ̀ Yorùbá, oúnjẹ ti wọn njẹ àti èyí ti wọn ki i jẹ, ẹ̀sìn ìdílé, àdúgbò ti wọ́n tẹ̀dó si tàbi ìlú ti a ti ṣẹ̀ wá, àṣeyọrí ti wọn ti ṣe ni ìran ẹni àti bẹ́ ẹ̀ bẹ́ ẹ̀ lọ.

Ni inú oríkì ti a ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ si i kọ, a ó ri àpẹrẹ ohun ti Yorùbá ṣe ma a nsọ oríkì pàtàki fún iwuri nigbati ọkùnrin, obinrin, ọmọdé àti ẹbí ẹni bá ṣe ohun rere bi ìṣílé, ìgbéyàwó, àṣeyorí ni ilé-iwé, oyè jijẹ tàbi ni ayé òde òni, àjọyọ̀ ọjọ́ ìbí.

Oríkì jẹ ikan ninú àṣà Yorùbá ti ó ti nparẹ́, nitori ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọmọ Yorùbá bẹ̀rẹ̀ si kọ èdè àti àṣà wọn sílẹ̀ fún èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sí. Ẹ ṣe àyẹ̀wò àpẹrẹ oríkì ti ìyá Olùkọ̀wé yi sọ fún ni ibi ayẹyẹ ọjọ́ ìbí rẹ̀ ni ojú ìwé yi. A ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ si kọ oríkì oriṣiriṣi ìdílé Yorùbá.

Ọmọ ẹlẹ́ja ò tú mù kẹkẹ
Ọmọ a mẹ́ja yan ẹja
Ọmọ ò sùn mẹ́gbẹ̀wá ti dọ̀ ara rẹ̀
Ọmọ gbàsè gbàsè kẹ́ ṣọbinrin lọyin
Ọmọ kai, eó gbé si yàn ún
Ọmọ a mú gbìrín eó b’ọ̀dìdẹ̀
Ìṣò mó bọ, òwíyé wàarè
Ọmọ adáṣọ bù á lẹ̀ jẹ
Ọmọ a má bẹ̀rẹ̀ gúnyán k’àdó gbèrìgbè mọ mọ̀
Ọmọ a yan eó meka run
Ọmọ a mẹ́ kìka kàn yan ẹsinsun t’ọrẹ
É e ṣojú un ríro, ìṣẹ̀dálẹ̀ rin ni
Ọmọ a mi malu ṣ’ọdún ìgbàgbọ́
Ọmọ elési a gbàrùnbọ̀ morun
Ọmọ elési a gbàdá mo yóko
Èsì li sunkún ètìtù kọ gbà àrán bora li Gèsan Ọba
Ọmọ Olígèsan òròrò bílẹ̀
Ọmọ alábùṣọrọ̀, a múṣu mọdi
Àbùṣọrọ̀ lu lé uṣu, mọ́ m’ẹ́ùrà kàn kàn dé bẹ̀
Kare o ‘Lúàmi, ku ọdún oni o, è í ra ṣàṣe mọ ri a (Àṣẹ)

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Originally posted 2017-04-07 21:57:06. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Ìtàn Yorùbá bi Àdán ti di “Ko ṣeku, kò ṣẹyẹ” – Yoruba Folklore on how the Bat became “Neither Rat nor Bird”

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Àdán fò lọ bá ẹyẹ – Bat flew to join the birds @theyorubablog

Ìtàn sọ wí pé eku ni àdán tẹ́lẹ̀ ki ìjà nla tó bẹ́ sílẹ̀ laarin eku àti ẹyẹ. Àdán rò wípé àwọn ẹyẹ fẹ́ bori, nitorina o fo lati lọ darapọ̀ mọ́ ẹyẹ lati dojú ìjà kọ àwọn ẹbi rẹ eku.

Eku àti ẹyẹ bínú si àdàn nitori ìwà àgàbàgebè ti ó hu yi, wọ́n pinu lati parapọ̀ lati dojú ìjà kọ àdán. Nitori ìdí èyí ni àdán ṣe bẹ̀rẹ̀ si sá pamọ́ lati fi òkùnkùn bora ni ọ̀sán fún eku àti ẹyẹ títí di òní.

A lè fi ìtàn yi wé àwọn Òṣèlú tó nsa lati ẹgbẹ́ kan si ekeji nitori ipò̀ ati agbára lati kó owó ìlú jẹ. Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ìgbà, wọ́n ma “lé eku meji pa òfo” ni. Ọkùnrin ti o ni ìyàwó kan, ni àlè sita ma fara pamọ́ lati lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ obìnrin keji ti wọ́n rò wípé́ á fún wọn ní ìgbádùn. Nígbàtí ìyàwó ilé bá gbọ́, wọn a pa òfo lọdọ ìyàwó ilé, wọn a tún tẹ́ lọ́dọ̀ àlè.

Ẹ̀kọ́ ìtàn yí ni wípé iyè meji kò dara, ọ̀dalẹ̀ ma mba ilẹ̀ lọ ni, nitorina, ojúkòkòrò kò lérè.

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According to Yoruba folklore, the bat was once a rat, until a great fight broke out between the rats and the birds. Sensing that birds might win the fight, some of the rats became bats, flying to join the birds against their rat kindred. Continue reading →

Originally posted 2015-09-11 09:20:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Ìbà Àkọ́dá – Reverence to the First Being

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Obinrin ti ó́ nṣe Ì̀bà Aṣẹ̀dá – A woman paying reverence to the Creator. Courtesy: @theyorubablog

Ìbà Àkọ́dá, ìbà Aṣẹ̀dá
Ìbà ni n ó f’òní jú, mo r’íbà, k’íbà ṣẹ
Nínú ríríjẹ, nínú àìríjẹ
Mo wá gbégbá ọpẹ́, mo r’íbà k’íbà ṣẹ
Alápáńlá tó so’lé ayé ró
Ṣe àtúntò ayé mi
Ní gbogbo ọ̀nà tí mo ti k’etí ikún sí Ọ
Baba d’áríjì, mo bẹ̀bẹ̀
Odò Orisun Rẹ ni mí, máṣe jẹ́ n gbẹ

Ìbà! ìbà!!

Ọmọ ìkà ń d’àgbà, ọmọ ìkà ń gbèrú
Ọmọ ẹni ire a má a tọrọ jẹ
Ọmọ onínúure a má a pọ́njú
Bó ti wù Ọ ́lo ń ṣ’ọlá Rẹ
Ìṣe Rẹ, Ìwọ ló yé o; Ògo Rẹ, é dibàjẹ́
Àpáta ayérayé, mo sá di Ọ ́o
Yọ́yọ́ l’ẹnu ayé
Aráyé ń sọ Ọ ́sí láburú, aráyé ń sọ Ọ ́sí rere
Ọlọ́jọ́ ń ka’jọ́
Bó pẹ́, bó yá, ohun ayé á b’áyé lọ

Ìbà! ìbà!!

Ẹni iná ọ̀rẹ́ bá jó rí, bó bá ní’hun nínú kò ní lè rò
ọ̀rẹ́ gidi ń bẹ bíi ká f’ẹ́ni dé’nú
ọ̀rẹ́ ló ṣe’ni l’ọ́ṣẹ́ tó ku s’ára bí iṣu
Ìrètí nínú ènìyàn, irọ́ funfun gbáláhú!
ọ̀rẹ́ kan tí mo ní
Elédùmarè, Alágbára, ìbà Rẹ o Baba, Atóbijù!

Ìbà! ìbà!!

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Originally posted 2015-10-02 19:50:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Category Archives: Yoruba Folklore

“Ìtàn Ìjà laarin Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́ àti Asin – Ìgbẹ̀hìn Ìjà fún Asin àti òfófó fún Ìjàpá kò bímọ ire” – “The fight between the Squirrel and the Rat (with a long mouth) and the Consequence of Gossiping for the Tortoise”.

“Ìtàn bi Ìjàpá ti fa Àkóbá fún Ọ̀bọ: Ẹ Ṣọ́ra fún Ọ̀rẹ́ Burúkú” – “The Story of how the Tortoise caused the Monkey an unprovoked trouble: Be careful with a bad Friend”

Ẹni tó ni Ẹrú ló ni Ẹrù – Ìtàn Bàbá tó kó gbogbo ogún fun Ẹrú – “One who owns the Slave owns the Slave’s property too” – The Story of a Father who bequeathed all to his Slave

“A ki i jẹ Igún, a ki i fi Ìyẹ́ Igún rinti: Ẹnu Ayé Lẹbọ” – “It is forbidden to eat the Vulture or use its feather as cotton bud: One should be careful of what others say”

Yoruba Folktale: A Bird Steals Iyawo’s Baby

Gbẹ̀dẹ̀ bi Ogún Ìyá, Ogún Bàbá ló ni ni lára – Maternal Inheritance comes with ease, while paternal inheritance brings about trouble

Oríkì Àjọbí, Àṣà Yorùbá ti ó nparẹ́ lọ – Family Lineage Odes, a Dying Yoruba Culture

Ìtàn Yorùbá bi Àdán ti di “Ko ṣeku, kò ṣẹyẹ” – Yoruba Folklore on how the Bat became “Neither Rat nor Bird”

Ìbà Àkọ́dá – Reverence to the First Being

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