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The Relationship Between The Benin-yoruba Empire by GbovoLee(m): 5:55pm On Oct 20, 2016 |
Ogiso Owodo was the 31th Ogiso of Benin Kingdom and He
had a son Named Ekaladerhan and out of his many wives he
was the only child in the haram and this worried the Ogiso,
and so he sent out his chiefs to go and consult the Oracle,
they set out to consult the oracle and one of the wives of the
king followed them her name was Esagho she was known
as the most troublesome in the palace. The Oracle gave
directives on sacrifices to be made to break the yolk of
childlessness in the palace and on their way to deliver the
message, the Queen Esagho told the Chiefs to tell the king
that the Oracle demanded the sacrifice of the only son, child
and heir to throne as this was the solution to the problem
and warned the Chiefs that either they deliver this or she
tells the king that the Chiefs raped her.
On hearing this news the king was devastated but obliged
and asked the executioners to carry out the deal, the
executioners learning of the original directives of the Oracle
didn't kill the prince but asked him to disappear into the
Bush and never resurface in Benin. In his wondering in the
forest he picked up a lot of skills and prowess like healing
and the likes which he used to survive.
In the yoruba land at the time there was a prophecy of a
king who would emerge from the forest and and would
posses some magical prowess as seen by no other so they
were hopeful and thus the appearance of Ekaladerhan and
his display of this prowess as mentioned, made the yorubas
crown him king.
On his arrival he sighed and made the statement "ilee ife"
meaning I have survived from my escape this word was
corrupted by the yorubas as "ile-ife" and another statement
was Izoduwa which was also corrupted as Oduduwa
Back home in Benin Ogiso owodo died without a heir and the
Benin people left without a king and so the people of Benin
once more went to consult the Oracle who told them that the
Prince was not dead and gave the the location as to where
he was. Representatives went to seek him these
representatives were chefs and were led by Chef Oliha.
Getting to ile-ife they found that He was the king and He said
as he was too old to come back to Benin to rule and also
couldn't trust that the Benins could take care of any of his
child should he send any, the Benin chief dismissed this and
told the king they would. The king then gave them lice(iru) to
take care of for 2 years and chief Oliha put the lice on the
head of his servant and they came back to Benin.
In Benin the lice were well taken care of strangely on the
head of this servant for 2 years and when it was the
appointed time they went back to ile-ife and the king
satisfied sent his son Omonoyan which was corrupted again
to Oromiyan. Getting to Benin he was taken to the house of
Ogie Ego(Duke of Ego) who was part of the royal family at
the time for training on the dos and don't of the Benin
Empire and in this process he fell in love with the first
daughter of the Ogie ego named Eremwinda.
Oromiyan said Benin was a land of vexation "ile-ibinu and
only a child born and brought up here could rule it and as
such the child Eremwinda was carrying was a boy and so
would rule, he left Benin. A son was born of Eremwinda but
unfortunately was deaf and dumb, the Benins once more set
out to ile-ife to tell Ekaladerhan of the situation and so the
magic marble called "Akhue" was given to the Benins to take
to take back to the child as they were told if he plays the
marble he would speak. True to the prediction he spoke after
playing the game of akhue and the word he spoke was his
tittle name for his rule "Eweka" and so this tradition has been
followed till date were the crowned prince of Benin has to go
to "USE" to play the game of akhue to pick a tittle name :?
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Re: The Relationship Between The Benin-yoruba Empire by colosa: 6:24pm On Oct 20, 2016 |
Correct |
Re: The Relationship Between The Benin-yoruba Empire by adeboizy11(m): 6:29pm On Oct 20, 2016 |
colosa: Fallacious |
Re: The Relationship Between The Benin-yoruba Empire by Kakamorufu(m): 8:07am On Oct 21, 2016 |
Iranu. izuduwa kor. ozolua ni |
Re: The Relationship Between The Benin-yoruba Empire by JDAdeshina: 11:22am On Oct 21, 2016 |
Nice try but we all know the original story... Stop this your fairytale, many of your likes did the same and failed.. Yorubas begat Benins, no doubt. Have a chill and goodbye. |
Re: The Relationship Between The Benin-yoruba Empire by GbovoLee(m): 2:36pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
JDAdeshina:nobody is arguin..just stop feedin ur egos wit lies nd unnecessary superiority |
Re: The Relationship Between The Benin-yoruba Empire by JDAdeshina: 6:33pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
nobody is arguin.. Good to know you ain't arguing. just stop feedin ur egos wit lies nd unnecessary superiority Where's the lies Besides, you're contradicting yourself. Is like you you don't even know why you post what you initially posted. |
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