ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SKETCH MAP OF THE YORUBA COUNTRY
THE YORUBAS
THE GODS, HEROES AND OTHER PROTAGONISTS
SOME OF THE ORISHAS APPEARING IN THESE STORIES
THE YORUBA WEEK
The Stories
1 THE DESCENT FROM THE SKY
2 the orishas acquire their powers
3 why eshu lives in the open
4 iron is received from ogun
5 sonponno’s exile
6 the scattering from ife
7 moremi and the egunguns
8 oranmiyan, the warrior hero of ife
9 the friendship of eshu and orunmila
10 eshu and death
11 oshun learns the art of divination
12 orunmila’s visit to owo
13 the division of the cowries
14 siiango and the medicine of eshu
15 obatala’s visit to shango
16 the quarrel between oya and oshun
17 two warrior heroes, and how shango departed from oyo
18 obatala’s farm at abeokuta
19 the women’s war
20 the coming of the ora river
21 ogbe baba akinyelure, warrior of ibode
22 the burning of the elekute grove
23 the oba’s food
24 ogedengbe’s drummers
25 how twins came among the yorubas
26 the stone people of esie
27 the deer-woman of owo
28 ologun and apasha
29 olosun of ikere-ekiti
30 erinle, hunter of ijebu
31 how ijapa became a sacrifice
32 the medicine of olu-igbo
notes on the stories
appendixes
i some yoruba orishas worshipped in the americas
ii yoruba myths and legends in cuba
The Distribution of the Orishas’ Powers
Olofin Punishes Babaluaye
Ogun Traps Orumbila
Why Obatala Trembles at the River Shango Looks for His Father Obatala’s Yams
III YORUBA MUSIC IN THE AMERICAS
GLOSSARY AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
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