A row for every lineage, town and divinity this corpus has looked for oríkì about, marking which carry a full three-layer text in a named file, which exist only as an unverified harvest record, and which are open gaps.
This file answers one question for any lineage, town or divinity: does this corpus hold an oríkì for it, and in what state. Three states are distinguished throughout. In corpus means a file in this section presents the text in the three layers this corpus requires, an original with whatever diacritics the source printed, a literal gloss, and an idiomatic English translation with the translator named. Harvest only means an automated research pass returned a record carrying Yorùbá text and at least one source, but no file presents it; nothing in that state has been through the verification protocol, and the record is identified here by its id in data/oriki.json so it can be found and judged. Gap means this corpus went looking and did not find a usable text.
The counts: 74 three-layer texts across 20 files , drawn from a harvest of 95 records held in data/oriki.json and built from the 54 files in data/harvest/oriki/ . Of those 95 records, 83 carry a named translator and 12 do not . Every record in the harvest is marked confidence: unverified by the process that built it , which is why a harvest id in the tables below is a pointer to research, never a citation.
The rightmost column of each table is the thing to trust. A slug in it resolves to a file in this section that presents the text and states its sourcing at the point of use. A harvest id in it resolves to a record in data/oriki.json, which is research material and not yet corpus. Where a subject has both, the file supersedes the record.
Being listed as harvest only is not a judgment that the text is bad. It usually means the record arrived late, duplicates a subject already presented from a better source, or carries sourcing this section has not yet been able to check. Being listed as a gap is a stronger statement: it means the search ran and returned nothing this corpus is willing to print.
Seventeen divinities carry a three-layer text. Four subjects returned harvest records that no file presents.
| Òrìṣà | Associated town or lineage | State | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ògún | Ìrè, Ilé-Ifẹ̀, Òndó, pan-Yorùbá | In corpus, 4 texts | oriki-orisa-ogun |
| Ọbàtálá / Òrìṣà-ńlá | Ifọ́n, Ìranjẹ, Èjìgbò, Ilé-Ifẹ̀ | In corpus, 3 texts | oriki-orisa-obatala-and-sango |
| Ṣàngó | Ọ̀yọ́, Kòso | In corpus, 3 texts | oriki-orisa-obatala-and-sango |
| Ọ̀ṣun | Òṣogbo, Èkìtì, Ọ̀yọ́ | In corpus, 2 texts | oriki-orisa-osun-yemoja-oya |
| Yemọja | Abéòkúta, Ọ̀yọ́, Kétu | In corpus, 2 texts | oriki-orisa-osun-yemoja-oya |
| Ọya | Irá, Ọ̀yọ́ | In corpus, 2 texts | oriki-orisa-osun-yemoja-oya |
| Èṣù | Ìdólófin, Ilé-Ifẹ̀ | In corpus, 2 texts | oriki-orisa-esu-osanyin-osoosi |
| Èṣù (poetics reading) | Pan-Yorùbá | In corpus, 1 text | oriki-poetics-and-untranslatability |
| Ọ̀sanyìn | Yorùbáland, broadly | In corpus, 2 texts | oriki-orisa-esu-osanyin-osoosi |
| Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì | Kétu | In corpus, 1 text | oriki-orisa-esu-osanyin-osoosi |
| Odùduwà | Ilé-Ifẹ̀ | In corpus, 1 text | oriki-orisa-oduduwa-and-others |
| Ìyámi Òṣòròngà | Ègbádò (Yewa), Kétu | In corpus, 1 text | oriki-orisa-oduduwa-and-others |
| Òrìṣà Ìbejì | Ìṣokún | In corpus, 1 text | oriki-orisa-oduduwa-and-others |
| Ajé | Ilé-Ifẹ̀, pan-Yorùbá | In corpus, 1 text, 2 sourcing tiers | oriki-orisa-oduduwa-and-others |
| Aganjú | Ọ̀yọ́, Ṣakí | In corpus, 1 text | oriki-orisa-oduduwa-and-others |
| Òrìṣà Oko | Èrìn-Òṣun | In corpus, 1 text | oriki-orisa-oduduwa-and-others |
| Ọba (river) | Ọ̀yọ́, Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́, Ìwó | In corpus, 1 text | oriki-orisa-oduduwa-and-others |
| Olókun | Ilé-Ifẹ̀, coastal Yorùbáland | In corpus, 1 text | oriki-orisa-oduduwa-and-others |
| Àyàn Àgàlú | Ilé-Ifẹ̀, Ọ̀yọ́ | In corpus, 1 text | oriki-drummed-and-dundun |
| Olódùmarè (gospel oríkì) | Not lineage-bound | In corpus, 1 text | oriki-in-contemporary-life |
| Ọ̀rúnmìlà | Ilé-Ifẹ̀, Òkè Ìgbẹ̀tì, Ọ̀wọ̀ | Harvest only | oriki-orisa-07-orunmila |
| Ṣọ̀npọ̀nná / Ọbalúayé | Ọ̀yọ́, Abéòkúta, Ìwó, Kétu | Harvest only, 2 records | oriki-orisa-09-sonponna-obaluaye, oriki-orisa-09-sonponna-obaluaye-alapadupe |
| Erinlẹ̀ | Òkukù | Harvest only | oriki-orisa-11-erinle-orisa-erinle |
Ọ̀rúnmìlà is the most consequential of these gaps. The divinity who presides over Ifá has no oríkì presented anywhere in this section, while his harvest record names E. Bolaji Idowu as translator with analytical commentary attributed to Rowland Abiodun, which is sourcing of exactly the standard this section prefers. Ṣọ̀npọ̀nná is the second: two independent records, neither presented. Erinlẹ̀ is named in two files, in oriki-women-as-custodians as the festival context of a bridal chant and in oriki-orisa-esu-osanyin-osoosi as part of a water-adjacent cluster of divinities, but the divinity's own praise text is not printed.
| Lineage or orílẹ̀ | Town or district | State | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé / Old Ọ̀yọ́ | In corpus | oriki-orile-oyo-egba-ijebu |
| Ẹ̀gbá | Abéòkúta | In corpus | oriki-orile-oyo-egba-ijebu |
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú-Òde | In corpus | oriki-orile-oyo-egba-ijebu |
| Ọ̀fà / Ọlọ́fà | Ọ̀fà, Kwara | In corpus, 2 versions side by side | oriki-orile-oyo-egba-ijebu, oriki-history-and-genealogy |
| Ewi of Ado-Ekiti (Adélabú Aroloye dynasty) | Adó-Èkìtì | In corpus | oriki-orile-ekiti-owo-ijesa |
| Ọ̀wọ̀ citizens / Olówo lineage | Ọ̀wọ̀, Ondo State | In corpus | oriki-orile-ekiti-owo-ijesa |
| Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ọmọ Ọ̀wá / Ọmọ Ọbòkun) | Iléṣà | In corpus | oriki-orile-ekiti-owo-ijesa |
| Ọ̀tún / Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tún-Èkìtì | In corpus | oriki-orile-ekiti-owo-ijesa |
| Ẹlẹ́mọ̀ṣọ́ | Òkukù / Òkè-Ìlá | In corpus | oriki-orile-okuku-lineages |
| Òpó / Òpómúléró | Òkukù, Ọ̀yún | In corpus | oriki-orile-okuku-lineages |
| Olúfọ́n | Ifọn-Òròlú, Osun State | In corpus | oriki-orile-okuku-lineages |
| Oníkòyí / Ẹ̀sọ́ Ìkòyí | Ìkòyí, Ọ̀yọ́ | In corpus | oriki-orile-okuku-lineages |
| Ọ̀wu / Ọlọ́wu | Ọ̀wu Kingdom | In corpus, 2 texts | oriki-orile-owu-iresa-and-gaps |
| Ìrẹsà / Àrẹ̀sà | Ìrẹsà-Dúdú, Ìrẹsà-Pupa | In corpus, 2 versions, one untranslated | oriki-orile-owu-iresa-and-gaps |
| Ẹlẹ́rìn | Ẹ̀rìn-Ilé, Erin-Òṣun | In corpus, Yorùbá only, no translation recovered | oriki-orile-owu-iresa-and-gaps |
| Ìlá-Ọ̀ràngún | Ìlá-Ọ̀ràngún, Òkè-Ìlá | In corpus, partial translation, translator unnamed | oriki-orile-owu-iresa-and-gaps |
| Lineages and big men of Òkùkù | Òkùkù, Ọdún-Ọ̀tin | In corpus, distributed | oriki-orile-okuku-lineages, oriki-women-as-custodians |
| Ọba Ẹlẹ́yọ Geji | Ẹlẹ́yọ, Ìdó, Ọ̀yọ́ | Harvest only | oriki-orile-15-oba-eleyo-geji |
| Iran Alápà / Èkù-Àpá | Kwara, Osun, Ọ̀yọ́ branches | Cut on sourcing, documented as an open gap | oriki-orile-owu-iresa-and-gaps |
The Alápà row is the one deliberate refusal in this section. A harvested record exists, oriki-orile-13-iran-alapa-alapa-lineage-eku-apa, carrying a substantial Yorùbá text and English translation about a python and viper totemic taboo. It is not presented, because its source field names no author, no publication and no year, and its URL is a bare social-media root with nothing identifiable behind it. oriki-orile-owu-iresa-and-gaps states this in full and tells a reader researching Alápà totemic practice to treat the subject as open rather than covered.
Ọba Ẹlẹ́yọ Geji is a more ordinary omission: the record names O. I. Pogoson and A. O. Akande as translators, which is checkable published sourcing, and no file presents it.
| Town | State or district | State | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ìbàdàn | Oyo State | In corpus, 2 readings | oriki-ilu-ibadan-osogbo-oka, oriki-history-and-genealogy |
| Ọ̀ṣogbo | Osun State | In corpus | oriki-ilu-ibadan-osogbo-oka |
| Ọ̀kà Àkókó | Ondo State | In corpus | oriki-ilu-ibadan-osogbo-oka |
| Adó-Èkìtì | Ekiti State | In corpus | oriki-ilu-ado-ondo-ilorin-iwo |
| Òndó (Ẹkimògún) | Ondo State | In corpus | oriki-ilu-ado-ondo-ilorin-iwo |
| Ìlọrin | Kwara State | In corpus | oriki-ilu-ado-ondo-ilorin-iwo |
| Ìwó | Osun State | In corpus | oriki-ilu-ado-ondo-ilorin-iwo |
| Èdè | Osun State | In corpus, as the Timi's dawn panegyric | oriki-performance-and-occasions |
| Òkukù | Osun State | In corpus, as the royal awakening | oriki-performance-and-occasions |
| Ẹ̀fọ̀n-Alààyè | Ekiti State | Harvest only, no translator named | oriki-orile-27-efon-alaaye-efon-lineage-town |
| Subject | Kind | State | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Àkànbi sobriquets | ìnagijẹ | In corpus | oriki-personal-and-inagije-map, oriki-typology |
| Ìgè Àdùbí (breech-born child) | personal | In corpus | oriki-typology |
| Timi of Ede (dawn inquiry) | personal, royal | In corpus | oriki-performance-and-occasions |
| Oba, royal awakening salutation | personal, royal | In corpus | oriki-performance-and-occasions |
| Chieftaincy celebrant, drummed | personal | In corpus | oriki-drummed-and-dundun |
| Civic succession praise | ìnagijẹ, civic | In corpus | oriki-performance-and-occasions |
| Akotipopo of Oguntonlowo lineage | personal | In corpus | oriki-women-as-custodians |
| Rárà ìyàwó, a bride's departure | personal | In corpus | oriki-women-as-custodians |
| Wínyọmí, hunter and lineage founder | personal | In corpus | oriki-poetics-and-untranslatability |
| Dr Ṣèhìndèmí, a physician | personal, contemporary | In corpus | oriki-in-contemporary-life |
| Lágbájá, masked musician | personal, contemporary | In corpus | oriki-in-contemporary-life |
| Ògún at a university voice event | òrìṣà, contemporary | In corpus | oriki-in-contemporary-life |
| Ẹgbẹ́ Ọ̀run, spirit companions | ẹgbẹ́ | In corpus | oriki-egbe-and-eranko |
| Erin, the elephant | ẹranko | In corpus | oriki-egbe-and-eranko |
| Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ́, paramount monarch | ìnagijẹ, royal | Harvest only | oriki-oriki-structure-alaafin-of-oyo-paramount-monarch-of-the-oyo-empire |
| Yorùbá monarch and royal court, drummed | ìnagijẹ, royal | Harvest only | oriki-oriki-drum-yoruba-monarch-alaafin-and-royal-court |
oriki-personal-and-inagije-map is the routing file for this class: it points at every personal and ìnagijẹ text distributed across the thematic files rather than duplicating them, and presents only the Àkànbi formula directly.
The subjects below are ones a reader might reasonably expect and will not find, listed so that absence is legible rather than silent.
Divinities with no oríkì anywhere in this corpus. Ọ̀rúnmìlà, Ṣọ̀npọ̀nná / Ọbalúayé and Erinlẹ̀ each have at least one harvest record and no presented text. Ọ̀rúnmìlà is the largest single hole in the section given his standing in Ifá.
Towns. Ẹ̀fọ̀n-Alààyè has a harvest record with no translator named. Beyond it, the towns this section covers are the ones the harvest reached; a great many Yorùbá towns with living oríkì traditions are absent entirely, and their absence here reflects what the research pass returned rather than any judgment about the towns.
Lineages. Ọba Ẹlẹ́yọ Geji is harvest only. Alápà is cut on sourcing and documented as open. Karin Barber's Òkukù fieldwork is the deepest lineage material this section holds, and it is deep for one town only, which means lineage coverage is sharply uneven by design of the available scholarship rather than by choice.
Ẹgbẹ́ and ẹranko. One text each, and oriki-egbe-and-eranko states the limits of both directly. These are the two rarest classes in the section and neither can be called covered.
What no table here can show. Oríkì is performed, and a great deal of what a text does lives in tone, pace, the drummed line under the voice, and the performer's judgment about what to include for this audience. oriki-poetics-and-untranslatability treats what is lost on the page. A row marked "in corpus" means a text is present and honestly sourced, not that the oríkì has been captured.
Initiate-held material. Where praise texts belong to initiation contexts and are not public, this corpus does not seek them out and does not print them. That boundary is stated at the point of use in the files that touch it rather than being treated as a coverage gap to be closed.
corpus/33-oriki/ themselves, read for the three-layer blocks each presents. A row marked "in corpus" is verified by opening the file the row names and finding the Original, Literal gloss and Idiomatic English blocks for that subject, together with the sourcing that file states at the point of use.data/oriki.json, the normalised oríkì harvest, built by scripts/build-oriki.mts from the 54 files in data/harvest/oriki/. Its own metadata block states the count of 95 records and the rule that a record was kept only where it carries a Yorùbá text and at least one named source or grounding URL, and marks every record confidence: unverified as material that has not been through this corpus's verification protocol. A harvest id is a pointer into that research file, not a citation.A map of this section's oriki texts, how it relates to the oriki material already in 02-language and 12-towns, and what this section does and does not cover.
The complete classification of oríkì by subject, orílẹ̀ through eranko, with a worked text for each kind and the boundary cases that show the categories are not airtight.
Where oríkì with reliable Yoruba originals and named translators actually lives in print, who collected it, and what is and is not digitised or open access.
The Owu lineage's cloth and temperament oríkì, two conflicting versions of the Iresa lineage text, and a plain account of the lineage material this corpus found and could not verify.
What oríkì are, the different kinds, who performs them and why, and how they carry history that written records do not.
The praise poetry that attaches a person to a place of origin, why Yoruba people carry a town identity they may never have lived in, and how that identity crossed the Atlantic.