Yoruba Mythology

Stories of the Orisa from West Africa and the Diaspora
What Edith Hamilton’s Mythology did for Greek and Roman myths, this first-major and groundbreaking collection retells hundreds of traditional Yoruba tales, shedding iight on a religion and culture that’s influenced people and artists around the world including Tito Puente, Beyonce, and the creators of Marvel’s Wakanda.
The first major work of Yoruba mythology retells hundreds of traditional tales from West Africa, Cuba, and Brazil. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Yoruba mythology is sacred to the traditional Yoruba religion and culture of the Yoruba people of West Africa found primarily in Nigeria, Bnin Republic, and Togo. It is a community of more than 100 million practitioners, who can be found on every continent. An oral tradition, many of the stories revolve around Olodumare, a Supreme Being, and the source of all creation and a number of divinities, or Orisa, who control th