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alcheringa:1-2:praises_of_ogun [2021/06/25 00:37] – [Context] schenkcdalcheringa:1-2:praises_of_ogun [2021/09/30 14:23] (current) – dan
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-This oríkì highlights Ogun's capacity to kill people ("he kills the husband in a fire / he kills the wife in her foyer") or to otherwise be connected to blood ("Ogun sticks a bloodcovered hat on head"). Ogun is also connected to male potency and some degree of town-building or domesticity.+This oríkì highlights Ogun's capacity to kill people ("he kills the husband in a fire / he kills the wife in her foyer") or to otherwise be connected to blood ("Ogun sticks a bloodcovered hat on head"). Ogun is also connected to male sexual potency and some degree of town-building or domesticity.
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 This poem is an example of Yoruba praise poetry called oríkì. This poem is an example of Yoruba praise poetry called oríkì.
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-{{tag>[oriki oral Yoruba Africa]}}+{{tag>[oriki oral poem song violence print religion Yoruba Africa]}}
  

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