Tales By Moonlight

How The World Was Made... Apparently

The Yoruba tribe were believed to have emerged from Oduduwa (one of the servants of Olodumare- the Supreme Being like God) who was sent down to the world to create the earth.

It was believed that he descended with a long chain from heaven and carried a calabash full of sand and also brought a five- toed fowl along with him. The whole earth was covered with water, not a single dry place could be found

He poured the sand on the water and placed the fowl on it, and the fowl started to sprinkle the sand with its legs.

Everywhere the sand touched turned into a solid ground and the chameleon was sent to judge if it was dry and solid enough.

At first it was Obatala (another servant) that Olodumare sent to create the earth, but on his way, he joined a group of gods feasting and he drank wine till he was drunk then fell asleep.

Oduduwa then carried the calabash and the fowl beside him and carry out the mission that was meant for Obatala.

When Obatala woke up, he discovered Oduduwa had created the earth and he became furious, but Olodumare calmed him with another mission of creating human beings.

So, Olodumare sent Obatala (god of divination) to create and mould human beings the way it pleases him and he (Olodumare) would put life into them and would also design their various destinies.

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Apparently thats how the world came to be... with sand and a five feeted fowl... weird.

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