Story Of The gods: Recent Episodes
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Story of the gods is an audio experience creatively created to reverberate traditions, customs, morals and lessons from African tales, passed down by our forefathers; not just how-to, but how not to.
At the helm as Narrator is OLAWOYIN Olamide Samuel, regarded for his powerful voice and engaging storytelling skill.
Story of the gods take listeners on an unprecedented sensational journey of storytelling with a deep note signature sound which draws the audience into the middle of the story while learning from heroic displays, mistakes of people that have once had mastery of the brown sand that we call home now.
Just like Anubis is for the Egyptians, so is Kakagye for the people of Ivory Coast. Kakagye guides the soul of the deads through the underworld. He's often described as the bull-headed god. Find out in this episode the tale of Kakagye and the people of the world.
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In this episode, we dive into the stories of the mysterious mosquitoes.
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In this Episode of Story of the gods, we take you on tour to one of South African Tales of the great grootslang
AT THE MENTION OF MY NAME, LET THERE BE JUSTICE! Takhar is a Senegalese god, known as the god of justice and vengeance. Takhar resides in the tallest trees of the forest, and is worshipped to prevent oppression, and repel evildoers. Find out more about this African god in this episode of the story of the gods.
Creativity and wisdom, which is Superior?
Find out in this intriguing episode, as Olodumare and Olokun (goddess of the river) battles in this epic tale. Whose ego was punctured, whose loyalty was tested?
In This Episode your host Samuel takes us into the very depth of Angola to bring us to Kalunga.
When the fire of love burns, even death can't quench it. Kalunga, a man who so much loves his wife, would send a whole community to the land of the dead to bring back his darling wife, only to find out, even the dead cheat. Find out the fate of Kalunga in this intriguing episode of #storyofthegods
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A man who claims to love, they say, must be willing to fight for it. In this intense love story, Ogun; god of iron battles with Sango; god of thunder for Osun's heart. Is all fair in the battle for love? Find out in this intriguing episode of the story of the gods.
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Story Of The Gods returns with another banging season. Join Samuel, as he takes your ears on a journey to Africa to learn about legendary gods like Sango, the Yoruba god of thunder, and Anubis, the Egyptian god of death, and many more.
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Yemoja mother of all, goddess of fertility, powerful.
You think you are caring, wait till you hear of Yemoja, a strong woman who cared deeply for her children, but was any of these reciprocated by those she loved, find out in this intriguing episode of Story of the gods.
A wise man once said, 'men are what their mothers made them'.
How true is this statement?
Find out on this new episode of Story of the gods as Samuel takes you on a tour to the Benin Kingdom.
She was brave, fierce, yet beautiful, benevolent and bold. To her children, she was a mother, to her enemies, she was a terror.
Her name was Moremi Ajasoro.
Find out in this intriguing episode the great prize a mother had to pay to save her kingdom.
A wise man once said, 'cunning is the art of concealing one's defect and discovering other people's weaknesses.'
How true is this?
Find out on this intriguing episode of Story of the gods.
Have you heard of the flying man, yes in Africa; Ikenga, the son of Ngwu reputed with the ability to fly from one Iroko tree to another. The great warrior who led his people to the river of sea battle which Mermaids came to fight, enemies rode on the backs of mammoth sharks and crocodiles. Enemies conjure large stones to fly and ram on buildings. Enjoy this epic episode of SOTG.
Women are known to be a walking bank of secrets. Have you heard of a little girl whose heart housed the secret to finding the best fruit? Her name is Fadhila; she's kind, loving and sweet. But, for how long will it take before greedy ones, such as Spider, take advantage of her kindness?
Find out in this intriguing episode of Story of the gods; stories born straight from the belly of our ancestors.
A greedy mill they say grinds all kinds of corn. Such is the case of the Elephant in this intriguing African folktale. The Elephant, being a greedy eater, digs its own grave with its teeth through the help of its ever cunny neighbour, the Tortoise. How and what did it do?Find out in this humorous tale.
Love can't be forced, neither could it be arranged, when the foundation of love has lie as its sand, and deceit as its cement, it wouldn't take forever before such charade meets its waterloo.
How did a beautiful young woman named Uwaraye, whose husband's ecstasy and jubilation on their wedding night touched the curtain of heaven, become an Emotan; lazybones?
Find out on this episode of the story of the gods, how Uwaraye, a barren, who was rejected and dejected by her-in-laws, became a popular and celebrated phenomenon in the Benin culture.
In this South African romance tale, Mbaba Mwana Waresa, the goddess of fertility reveals the magical power of love, using beer as a mystical repellent on those with the mission to put asunder to her beautiful union with Thandiwe. Yes, beer, the same beer we drink, find out how the beer turned to a repellent in this intriguing African tale.
Oluronbi: The Magic Tree and Child is a story that will teach you why you shouldn't promise when you are happy, why it's important for you not to say much if at all you must reply when angry, and particularly, why you shouldn't make a decision when you are sad or desperate...
Yorubas unarguably are one of the majority ethnic group in Nigeria. This African narrative told with humor and suspense will delight the listener with its wealth of details of the Yoruba's belief of how all things were created, including humans, by a pantheon called Obatala through the help of other gods. Every beat reveals the several deeds of some of this pantheon when and after humans were created...
Story of the gods is an audio experience creatively created to reverberate traditions, customs, morals and lessons from African tales, passed down by our forefathers; not just how-to, but how not to.
At the helm as Narrator is OLAWOYIN Olamide Samuel, regarded for his powerful voice and engaging storytelling skill.
Story of the gods takes listeners on an unprecedented sensational journey of storytelling with a deep note signature sound which draws the audience into the middle of the story while learning from heroic displays, mistakes of people that have once had mastery of the brown sand that we call home now.
This episode is about the tale of Mawu, the great goddess of the earth. Her themes are creativity, Universal Law, passion, abundance, birth, and inspiration.
Mawu is the Goddess of the night, of joy, and of motherhood as well as the ruler of the world’s wisdom and knowledge. She is the one who brings cool nights to the hot African world.
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Eshu: Our tale today takes us deep into the western region of Nigeria, into the lands of the Yorubas. It was there that the tale of Eshu, the trickster god, originated.
Eshu, also known as Elegba or Legba as in the Yoruba dialect, was a trickster god of the Yoruba people of Nigeria in West Africa. He was unpredictable, sly and fond of pranks that can be cruel and disruptive. Indeed, he was despicable. He was one who knew all the languages spoken on earth and served as a messenger between the gods and the people, carrying up to heaven the sacrifices that the people offered to the gods.
Gather round and listen to the tale of the trickster divinity of the Yoruba people.
This week’s episode of the Story of the gods Podcast focuses on a tale that is told in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo by the Bantu people in the Great African Lake region; these people are the Nyangas. A tale that sits as one of Africa’s myths of origin. Gather around and listen to the myth of Mwindo, the epic hero of the Nyangas, who rises from an auspicious birth to become chief of his people.
The story of Kibuka, a war god from the Buganda tribe of East Africa. Kibuka was the younger brother to the great Mukasa, and both always went to wars together and they conquered. But there is this one-time Kibuka goes in alone and his brother knew him very well and warned his brother to avoid contact with the enemy's women. But did he listen ?
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On this episode, we would focus on a deity who hails from West Africa but also well known in Latin America and even Portugal, and his name is Ogun, the deity of metal.
Ogun was a hunter popularly known as Tobe Ode who became a deity through some cunny schemes he planned out and had the audacity to execute them.
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The story of the master trickser from West Africa continues. Anansi, now has all the stories of the world, but still misfortune follows him everywhere. How does he make it up to his Sky father ? or does he ? Listen and enjoy this episode and do not forget to share it with your friends and visit jamit.fm/storyofthegods for more
You are about to meet a trickster from the old world where the Ashanti Empire existed and they had with them a trickster who went by the name Anansi the spider. He was one with more wits and swag, he was clever and made people laugh, he inspired people and united them. He is one you could call a hero, yet call him the devil as he brought the largest set of misfortunes to earth.
Wondering how Anansi who is said to be a source of inspiration could also be a source of misfortunes?
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This episode is about the angry and lonely River god, Nyami Nyami, who would continue to cause chaos and wreak havoc till his wife returns to him from the village she went to visit.
“Once upon a time. There lived a creature that had a body like a snake and a head like a fish, but when seen from afar had a dragon figure. His name is Nyami Nyami, known to the Tonga people as the River God. He resided under a very huge rock called Kariwa and was married to the love of his life, she was also a goddess of the underworld. And for centuries, the Tonga people believed that Nyami Nyami and his wife had protected and provided for them in difficult times, to the extent that he fed them his own MEAT! when they were hungry. The Tonga people pledged their allegiance to him by performing ceremonial dances and sacrifices to appease him when needed.”
Listen to this episode of Story of the gods and find out why the loving Nyami Nyami suddenly became a monster.
In our last episode, we introduced to you the revered African god of justice who spoke through thunder, Amadioha (Africa’s own Thor). And we got to know how humans especially the ancient Igbos perceived him and related with him.
He was the punisher, who served out hard justice to the people who did wrong, and was believed to be quick to anger. Because of this, many feared him and to an extent even worshipped him in order to show their allegiance and be on his good side.
In his later years, Amadioha was said to have built the great fortress city of Uturu to how it is today, in Isikwuato.
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In this episode, just like the previous ones, we would be exploring the Igbo Alusi. Our focus in this episode is Amadioha. Amadioha, (also known as Kamalu) is a major Igbo god, considered as the god of Thunder/War. He is the most popular Igbo Deity, among all the gods in Igbo cosmology.
AMADIOHA (god of thunder) belongs to the category or group of divinities which is said to manifest the wrath of the Supreme Being, and they symbolize the thunderbolt or the meteorite stone with which God hurls to strike to death the wicked or evildoers.
Thus, Amadioha falls into the class of gods known as war divinities often depicted in the Mbari house by a statue of a man holding a gun. Other ethnic groups in Nigeria have their own local names for war divinities or gods of thunder just like the Igbos. Sokogba, Ogiuwu, Eto, Itiri, Egba, Sango, Jakuta, Oramfe, and many more.
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In this episode we're still exploring the ancient igbo folk legends coalition known as Alusi in this episode. Focusing on Anyanwu in this episode.
The story of Anyanwu is one of the woman who was regarded to be the sun itself walking on earth. Although there are so many tales of her, she caused a lot of people pain and scars.
But yet folk tale have seen her as the perfect image of what a human should be because of her generosity. Would love to know more about Anyanwu the so called goddess of the sun?
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The myth this week is from the igbo mythology, from Nigeria
Chukwu, who is the Supreme God, according to the ancient Igbos who are famous for their rich religion and cultural tradition known as Odinani, is believe to have so many children who are also gods (lesser gods) and dwell with him in the Sky. These lesser gods are known as Alusi and one of them is Ekwensu who is the focus of this episode. Have you ever wondered why Ekwensu is called the Devil? In this episode, you will get to know who Ekwensu really is and the amazing facts about him.
Even after the arrival of Christianity and Islam, traditional religion remain strong and still retain a powerful hold over the consciousness of West Africans, and one of the major tribes in Nigeria, the Igbos are not left out. At the top of the pantheon of the Igbo gods is the Supreme Deity known as Chukwu which when translated directly to English means, "great in size", but when broken down in Igbo as Ch-ukwu means, "the god that is big". It got to a time when the Supreme God, Chukwu is no longer in communication with the people, they had to find a way of reaching him through the lesser gods, Alusi who has their specific functions. So, you can say, Alusi are the middlemen between the people and Chukwu.
The top five Alusi happens to Ekwensu (the god of war), Ala (the god of fertility), Igwe (the god of the sky), Anyanwu (the god of the sun), and Amadioha (the god of thunder). We would be focusing on Ekwensu in this episode. When the Europeans came with their religion and saw that the Igbos had no place for the devil in their beliefs, they convinced them that the devil is synonymous to Ekwensu who is the god of war.
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Story of the gods podcast from Jamit. Enjoy narrated stories about African myths and legends coupled with folktales told by the ancestors of African heritage.