Yoruba Creation Story
The difference between the Ifa creation story and Yoruba mythology is that the former predated the latter by thousands of years. The Yoruba mythology is the fourth stage of evolution. It is about cycles of existence, destruction and replenishment. However, there are still many affinities between the two stories.
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| Creation Illustration |
Before starting his journey to Earth, Obatala needed a gold chain long enough to reach below, the shell of a snail filled with sand, a white hen, a black cat, and a palm nut, all of which he was to carry in a bag. All the gods contributed what gold they had, and Orunmila supplied the articles for the bag. When all was ready, Obatala hung the chain from a corner of the sky, placed the bag over his shoulder, and started the downward climb. The gold chain symbolises human DNA.
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| Obatala |
When he reached the end of the chain, he saw he still had some distance to go. Orunmila instructed Obatala from above to pour the sand from the snail shell and to immediately release the white hen. Obatala did what Orunmila said, and wherever the hen landed on the sand, it began scratching and scattering it about. Wherever the sand settled, it formed dry land, with bulkier piles becoming hills and the smaller piles valleys. Obatala jumped to a hill and named the place Ife.
And the world was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God flew over the waters, Genesis Chapter 1 verse 2. In Genesis Chapter 1, verses 8 and 9, God made the firmament and divided the waters under from above, and it was so. And God called it Heaven, and the evening and morning were the second day.
Obatala soon found clay to mould figures like him and started his task, but he soon grew tired and decided to take a break. He made wine from a nearby palm tree and drank bowl after bowl. As a direct result of Obatala’s intoxication, he assembled many mentally and physically impaired human beings. Once sober, Obatala comprehended what an atrocious job he did. So God created man in his image, in the image of God, male and female, Genesis Chapter 1 verse 27.
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| The Principles and Binary Number of the Opele Divination Chain |
First, He promised never to drink alcohol again nor allowed it near his shrine. Second, he became the patron Saint of disabled people. The foundation of analysis in Ifá is a systematised graphic translation of the results of the random presentation of the divination objects, among which the chain (Opele) and palm nuts (ikin) are the most prestigious.
Tribute to Orunmila
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| Fig 1 The Sacred Wall of Orunmila |
Orunmila! The witness of fate Second to Oludumare (God or The Supreme Architect)) Thou are far more efficient than medicine, the Immense orbit that averts the day of death. My Lord Almighty, you saved the mysterious Spirit that fought death. To Thee, a salutation is first due in the morning.
Thou are the Equilibrium that adjusts World Forces. Thou art the One whose exertion is to reconstruct the creature of the debauched lot. Repairer of terrible luck, He who knows thee becomes immortal Lord, the indisputable king, perfect in the House of Wisdom! My Lord! Infinite in knowledge! Orunmila, not knowing thee is futile, but if we knew thee comprehensively, all would be well with humans. Ase o, Amen, Amun or Amen-Re.
Japanese Creation Mythology
Once upon a time, all the elements were admixtures with one germ of life. This germ began to mix things around and around until the heavier part sank and the lighter part rose. A muddy sea originated that covered the entire Earth. From this ocean grew a green shoot. It continued growing until it reached the clouds, transforming into a god. Soon, this god grew lonely, and it began to create other gods.
The last two gods it made, Izanagi and Izanami, were the most remarkable. One day, while walking, they looked down on the ocean and wondered what was beneath it. Izanagi thrust his staff into the waters, and while pulling it back up, clumps of mud fell back into the sea. They began to harden and grow until they became the islands of Japan.
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| Japanese Creation Mythology |
The mode of transport from the city of heaven by Olofin Otete was a mystical chain, symbolising the umbilical cord in the Ifa creation narrative. Ifa creation narrative is similar to the statement; from this ocean, which grew a green shoot, in the Japanese version. The Japanese account also confirmed the Yoruba version, stating:
When all was ready, Obatala hung the chain from a corner of the sky, placed the bag over his shoulder, and started the downward climb. Wherever the sand settled, it formed dry land, with bulkier piles becoming hills and the smaller piles valleys. However, in the Japanese chronicle, the growth of the green shoot was in the opposite direction.
Indian Creation Story
A lotus flower grew from the navel of Lord Vishnu with Brahma sitting on it. Brahma separated the flower into heaven, Earth and sky. Out of loneliness, Brahma split himself into two to create a male and a female. From this male and female, all beings existed. Let us compare the previous sentence to the Ifa creation story.
The first human being he created is Enibieni (person in person), and she is a female. Enibieni was fourteen when she arrived on Earth with 450,000 herbs. She married Olofin Otete, and they had eight twins. It is very similar to the assertion that out of loneliness, Brahma split himself into two to create a male and a female.
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| Lord Vishnu |
In addition, Orunmila is the mysterious Babalawo who cast divination for Aye. He challenged Aye and stated that his reason for the divine session was loneliness. Aye confessed and agreed with Orunmila and said the world is devoid of human beings. It is another example of two common themes between Indian and Ifa world creation mythology.
Egyptian Creation Story: Hermopolis
The creation myth promulgated in the city of Hermopolis focused on the nature of the universe before world creation. The inherent qualities of the primaeval waters are represented by a set of eight gods called the Ogdoad. The goddess Naunet and her male counterpart Nu represented the stagnant primordial water itself; Huh and his counterpart Hauhet represented the water's infinite extent; Kek and Kauket personified the darkness present within it; and Amun and Amaunet represented its hidden and unknowable nature, in contrast to the tangible world of the living.
The primaeval waters were part of the creation process, and the deities representing them were perceived as creator gods. According to the myth, the eight gods are divided into male and female groups. They were symbolically depicted as aquatic creatures because they dwelt within the water: the males were portrayed as frogs and the females as snakes. These two groups eventually converged, resulting in a great upheaval, which produced the pyramidal mound. From it emerged the sun, which rose into the sky to light the world.
Sumerian Creation Myth
The first world creation occurred during the existence of Apsu (Seawater) = One who existed from the beginning, and Tiamat (Freshwater) = The Maiden of life. Fresh and Sea waters mingled to become the first Adam and Eve. All marine life forms were supposed to have evolved from Fresh and Sea waters.
They existed during the First Moon or Silver Cycle, known as the morning. And the world was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God flew over the waters, Genesis Chapter 1 verse 2.
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| An Image of Atum |
The second stage of Earth occurred in the era of Lahmu (Mr. Mud) the deity of war, and Lahamu (Mrs. Mud) the lady of the battle. They existed during the first Sun cycle, known as evening. Then, the gods materialised within them. Lahmu (Mr. Mud) and Lahamu Mrs. Mud manifested by the name and emerged before they had grown in age and stature. So God created man in his image, in the image of God, male and female, Genesis Chapter 1 verse 27.
Egyptian Creation Story: Memphis
The Memphite version of creation centred on Ptah, the patron god of craftsmen. As such, he represented the craftsman's ability to envision a finished product and shape raw materials to create that product. The Memphite theology said that Ptah similarly created the world. Unlike the other Egyptian creations, it was not a physical but an intellectual creation by the Word and the Mind of God.
The ideas developed within Ptah's heart (regarded by the Egyptians as the seat of human thought) formed when he named them with his tongue. By speaking these names, Ptah produced the gods and all other things. The Memphite creation myth coexisted with that of Heliopolis, as Ptah's creative thought and speech were believed to have caused the formation of Atum and the Ennead. Ptah was also associated with Tatjenen, the god who personified the pyramidal mound.
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| Images of Pataeke/Pataikos Son of Ptah |
Egyptian Creation Story: Thebes
Theban theology claimed that Amun was not merely a member of the Ogdoad but the hidden force behind creation. There is a conflation of all notions of creation into the personality of Amun, emphasising how Amun transcends all other deities in his being "beyond the sky and the underworld. One Theban myth likened Amun's act of creation to the call of a goose, which broke the stillness of the primaeval waters and caused the Ogdoad and Ennead to form.
Amun was separate from the world, and his true nature was concealed even from the other gods. At the same time, however, because he was the ultimate source of creation, all the gods, including the other creators, were merely aspects of Amun. Amun eventually became the supreme god of the Egyptian pantheon because of this belief.
Amun is synonymous with the growth of Thebes as a religious capital. But it is the columned halls, obelisks, colossal statues, wall reliefs, and hieroglyphic inscriptions of the Theban temples that we look to gain the impression of Amun's superiority. Thebes was thought of as the location of the emergence of the primordial mound at the beginning of time. Anath.
Chinese Creation Chronology
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| Image of Pan Gu |
A mixture of yin and yang — female-male, aggressive-passive, cold-hot, dark-light, and wet-dry, contained chaos in a colossal egg. Within this yin and yang was Pan Gu, who broke forth from the egg as the giant who separated chaos into the many opposites, including Earth and sky.
However, Taoists believe in Tao, the Great Mother: empty yet inexhaustible, giving birth to infinite worlds from emptiness.
One of the eight Akamara (the Universal Spirit of the Universe), a powerful being, oversaw the making of the Universe. Akamara is the end of nothingness and the beginning of existence.
The common theme between Chinese and Ifa creation stories is the materialisation of infinite worlds from emptiness. Figure 1 is the sacred symbol of the wall of Orunmila, bearing an uncanny resemblance to the Taoist Tao, containing yins and yangs.
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