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Yoruba folktales

The Fisherman and the River Goddess Oshun

Once upon a time, when rivers still spoke and spirits walked among men, there lived a fisherman in Osogbo named Adekunle. Every morning, he would take his net and paddle his small canoe into the golden waters of the Oshun River. The river fed his family, and for many seasons he prospered. But over time, Adekunle became greedy. Instead of
Pig-headed serpentine dragon emerging from Philippine river and rice paddies, glowing eyes, guarding waterways and fields in folklore style.

The Orishas and the Creation of the World

Once upon a time, when the earth was still soft and the sky was near, there was nothing but water stretching endlessly in all directions. The heavens floated above like a great calabash turned upside down, and the Orishas, the divine beings, lived close to Olodumare, the Supreme Creator. The
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