Olájùmòké

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...And her beauty was noticed by every male of the village. The king wanted her as a wife, the chief wished she would accept him, farmers, artisans, and fishermen really prayed to keep her as a bride. She was an epitome of beauty, the most beautiful girl of Ìwàlewà village. 

However, she refused all the admirers that sought for her hand in marriage. She refused the Kings proposal because she wished to be the one and only wife of the king.
She chased the chief away because of his protruding belly.
She rejected the farmer because he was not a handsome man.

Her taste for a potential suitor was considered too high by her parents. Her mother advised her to soft-pedal and chose wisely in humility, her father counselled her that there's no perfect man but considerate ones. 
Yet she did not listen.

This is the story of Olájùmòké the damsel, that lived in the small village of Ìwàlewà once upon a time.

She rejected the advances of several qualified suitors, but accepted to marry a handsome man with unknown historical background.

People warned her against marrying a stranger, her parents asked the man to present his parents and do the needed custom of marriage rite but she objected. She followed this very handsome man against the wish of everyone in the town.

She entered the forest with his beautiful heartthrob who came to the city with just a Parrot because she was drunk in the beauty of the stranger.

And suddenly when they arrived at the front of a Baobab tree, the stranger paused his movement. He stretched his hands and legs towards the tree and these organs disappeared!
His legs and hands disappeared making him turned to an ugly monster.

Olájùmòké hated him, she remembered the counsel of her parents which she didn't heed to, she remembered how she refused to come out of her ego to seek for inner beauty instead of the outward appearance.

Orí (head), the monster deceived her into marriage. 
She wept!

One night, she decided to run away from her ugly husband Orí. And while she ran away, Orí's parrot sang this song:

Orí, Orí o, 
Olájùmòké lo. 
Orí kò l'Ápá, 
Olájùmòké lo.
Orí kò l'Ésè
Olájùmòké lo.

Meaning...

Ori,
Olajumoke is going.
Ori without arm,
Olajumoke is going.
Ori without leg,
Olajumoke is going.

So Orí cast spell on Olájùmòké and she was unable to run. She was permanently forced to live with what she did not like.

She lived, sadly ever after.

#YorubaFolklore
#Wisdom

Comments

  1. AgudaSP3 July 2020 at 03:46

    This used to be one of my favourite folklores. Thank you for bringing to the fore again. And the beautiful twists of yours you added is pure bliss.

    Thank you.

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    1. caster56boy3 July 2020 at 10:20

      Ẹ̀gbọ́n, I can't thank you enough for the encouragement.

      That's for always reading me.

      Delete
  2. Pope6ix9ine3 July 2020 at 04:38

    Lovely, thanks for the recreation.

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    1. caster56boy3 July 2020 at 10:20

      Bro., thanks for the support.

      I'm glad you're enjoying it.

      Delete
  3. Unknown3 July 2020 at 05:06

    Nice one.

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  4. Unknown3 July 2020 at 07:19

    Nice write up

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  5. Unknown3 July 2020 at 08:51

    Lesson for the singles. I was carried away with the story. Good job sir.

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  6. Unknown3 July 2020 at 14:10

    This is good, nice one

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  7. Unknown3 July 2020 at 20:33

    I never knew the story but I know the song well..thanks for sharing this. It's so inspiring

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  8. Alashakeafricana5 July 2020 at 15:03

    Nice one!

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  9. Unknown14 November 2020 at 15:06

    I remember only the song!

    Thanks for bringing out the richness of our heritage.

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