Oba (goddess)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. (July 2006) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. |
For other uses, see Oba.
Ọba or Obbá is the first wife of Shango, the second king of the Oyo Empire and the Yoruba god of thunder and lightning. In Yoruba mythology, Obbá is a river-goddess (Orisha). She was the daughter of Yemaja and one of the wives of Shango. She offered Shango her ear to eat, and he scorned her. Grieving, she became the Obba river which intersects with the Osun river (Osun was another wife of Shango) at turbulent rapids, a symbol of the rivalry between the two wives. The Obba River flows through Iwo, that is why the Iwo people are called the son of the River Obbá (Iwo Olodo Obá). The real rivalry was between Oba and Oya not between Ochun and Obbá. Obbá was the only legtimate wife of Shango.
|
|||||||||||||
This article relating to an African myth or legend is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
