Parcourir

A tortoise tale in which Ìjàpá wins a wager by goading Erin the elephant into carrying him into town, then escapes execution by persuading the elephant that mud is more lethal than stone.

A tortoise tale in which Ìjàpá delivers an elephant for sacrifice by promising him a kingship, with the Yorùbá text of the riding song as printed by Omolaye from a named informant.

The two rarest classes of orikì in this section, praise addressed to a person's heavenly spirit companions and praise addressed to an animal, presented with honest limits on both.