The striking resemblance which the Yoruba religious system bears to that of the ancient Greeks can scarcely have escaped notice. Olorun, the sky-god proper, now being gradually displaced by the more anthropomorphic Obatala, resembles Uranus, who was displaced by Kronos. In Greek mythology Kronos married his sister Rhea, the earth, and the Yoruba myth makes Obatala marry Odudua, who also represents the earth, though the qualities of Aphrodite appear to predominate. Olokun answers to Poseidon, Ogun, worker in iron, to Hephœstus, Orisha Oko to Priapus, Osanhin to Æsklepius, Orun, the sun, to Helios, and Oshu, the moon, to Selene. Zeus' messenger, Hermes, the lightning, was the protector of plunderers, and Shango is the god of lightning and plunder. Ifa, as the, god of prophecy, and the being who wards off evil and affords help, resembles Apollo, who, in Homer, is perfectly distinct from the sun-god, though identified with him in later times.[1]
[1. In the Roman mythology Air married Earth,and the marriage was renewed every year in spring. (Virgil, Georg. ii., 325.) Here, Air (Orungan) marries Water (Yemaja).]

The spirits of the trees answer to the Hama-dryads, and we have river-gods and sea-spirits. Metamorphosis to a brook, spring, or lagoon is common, and we have one example of a girl, being transformed, like Daphne, into a shrub. The gods, when consulted, gave oracular responses that differ in no essential particular from the answers given by the Oracle of Delphi. The Yorubas, like the Greeks, offer human sacrifices in time of national need. Dancing was, with the Greeks, intimately connected with worship, as Lucian says: [1] "You cannot find a single ancient mystery in which there is not dancing;" and on the Gold and Slave Coasts every god of note has his own dance, which is sacred to him, and known only to the initiated. The religion of ancient Greece has been obscured by a great deal of later poetic imagery; but, when we look into it closely, it is found to be similar to that of the Yorubas, and was no doubt produced when the Greeks were in a like intellectual condition.

In the above quote from sacred-texts, on Yoruba people, Greek culture is assumed as the yardstick for measuring ancient civilization. In a number of art reviews and analysis of the Ife Bronze Heads we heard similar comparisons where the Greek arts and civilization was used as the benchmark to grade Yoruba art and civilization. This of course is all taken from a Eurocentric view. This approach is mainstream and is greatly aided by many great African scholars, some of who in the interest of earning a living and fame and approvals are uninterested in an Afrocentric analysis of Greek civilization to examine if indeed it’s civilization and greatness were not donations from Africa, and Egypt to be specific.

Also, if ancient Yoruba is as closely-related to ancient Greek as is admitted by Eurocentrists, then by logic the two ancient civilizations existed on the same philosophical axis which is yet to be attributed orcompared by the same level or degree of affiliation and symmetry to any other sub-saharan culture or people. What will explain this close association between Yoruba and Greek? If Greek philosophy closely resembles a Black African philosophy, it's because Greek civilization was birthed by the knowledge and sacredness of African mysticism; the knowledge was obtained forcefully when Alexander raided Egypt and carted away the scriptures and scrolls. The knowledge also confirm that Yoruba itself was strongly influenced directly in these sacred knowledge and teachings.

An Afrocentric re-examination of Greek Philosophy. You have read the Eurocentric view, it’s time to get the Afrocentric view and then draw your own conclusion. This book is not recommended for lazy readers, it is intense and engaging, and if you follow through and read the entire book, you will thank the author for this revelation and awakening.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/stle/index.htm

I believe Wole Soyinka explored this issue with his adaptation/translation of Bacchae, the Greek Tradegy. Soyinka re-wrote The Bacchae of Euripides as a communion rite, and in that play, he did what some scholars referred to as a De-Arynization of Greek mythology.

In Bacchae, Soyinka deconstructed the myth of Dionysos, inserted the myth of Ogun and declared Ogun as Dionysos's elder brother

In that play and many of his other works, Soyinka tried to burst that bubble of western cultural superiority by finding powerful parrallels between Greek and Yoruba Mythology, especially their elaborate pantheon of God's and Orisas.

Negro, bro, I'm not sure of the word stolen though. Our souls are similar just covered with different skin tones. Human heritage should belong to all humans, let's not be greedy like them.

wth?

Too much useless time spent dwelling in the past on fake, suspect theories.

Let's look forwards, not backwards.

What will we do TODAY and TOMORROW to make Yorubaland a better place?

Excellent recall, yes he did!  I believe it's available in an online review or in google books.    
There was another person who has done similar reserach and came out with name matches between the two and I think this guy's name starts with James.

Kilode, I read an account on the myth of Ife, available also in these sacred text collections.  You must have seen it.  It's the Yoruba Genesis and a parallel with the beginnings narrated in Old Testament.  Its worth analyzing.

The more you read these stuffs, the less attached one is to religious dogmas.  You see yourself in union. . . . as one with the cosmos. Again, tying back into the attributes of religious tolerance among Yorubas.

Negro, bro, I'm not sure of the word stolen though. Our souls are similar just covered with different skin tones. Human heritage should belong to all humans, let's not be greedy like them.

We should respond with optimism and altruism to the universe. This is what it means to be one with cosmos. If you study the gods and their arrangements in the sky you will notice that they also have gateways and sentries, custodians and stewards of the open heavens, guarding over the secrets. . . . .they watch and are on the lookout to seize any stealth eavesdropper by the neck. We must be like the gods, . . we cannot leave the gates open and welcoming any more.

ekt_bear:

wth?

Too much useless time spent dwelling in the past on fake, suspect theories.

Let's look forwards, not backwards.

What will we do TODAY and TOMORROW to make Yorubaland a better place?

Typical ekt_bear 

You have a point, but I think it should be directed towards those who claim to be scientific, techie and all that forward looking stuff.

I referenced Wole Soyinka in my post and I'll use him as an example to make my point.

Soyinka is a student and teacher of culture, he used his interest, field and knowledge to place his people's myth, culture and art in the front of global discourse, as a producer and manufacturer of comparative literature, drama and art, he rose to the top, conquered in his field of expertise and got a Nobel Prize to show for it.


Now what's up with our Yoruba Chemists, Physicists, software engineers, biologists, engineeers. Why are they not at the top of their fields inventing new stuff? Or getting the Nobel Prizes in their fields? If Soyinka can do it, they can too.

There is nothing wrong with myth, we've not even explored or written enough about ours, the top Developed economies on earth have done more exploration of their culture and mythology that we have. It should not stop development.

Let those who are interested in other fields do their job and leave Myth explorers to do theirs.