HOW THE HUMAN GIVES BIRTH TO THE GOD:A CONCEPTION OF HUMAN-DIVINE GENESIS FROM CLASSICAL YORUBA THOUGHT BY EBENEZER ONAGBOLA

[toyin adepoju]

The perfect-rooted;

 the complex-rooted

 and the unravellers  

among our mothers are 

 those that  have spiritual knowledge

 and are thus, the gods (òrìsàs).

The children the majority of these gods give birth to inherit "godliness" from them. 

God begets god.

Omo tí Eyá bá bí, 

Eyá ni yóò jo; 

Omo tí Ekùn/Kìnìún bá bí, 

Ekùn/Kìnìún ni yóò jo; 

Òrúkú-tindí-tindí, 

oní Igba omo.

Kú-mó-Olú: insisting on becoming knowledgeable like an òrìsà

Kúmólú :        born as a sage and must live up to being  knowledgeable.

Being knowledgeable:being able to see the seemingly invisible 

or perceive the seemingly imperceptible.

Salutations to  the sages.

Ebenezer  Onagbola