List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Part I: Introduction
Introduction
Part II: Ọbàtálá, Religio-Mythology Narratives, and Epistemic Nodes
Chapter 1: Ọbàtálá in Yorùbá Mythology
Chapter 2: Ọbàtálá and the Institution of Kingship in Ilé-Ifẹ̀
Chapter 3: The Òrìṣà Nlá (Ọbàtálá) Festival in Ilé-Ifẹ̀
Chapter 4: The Òrìṣà Nlá (Ọbàtálá) Festival in Throes of Change
Part III: Fluid World, Sacred Manifestation, Therapeutic Landscape and Ritual Encounters
Chapter 5: When the World was Fluid: Olókun, Myth and Sacred Manifestation
Chapter 6: Olókun Sèníadé: The Holy Well of Ilé-Ifẹ̀
Chapter 7: Olókun Temple: Sacred Landscape of Spiritual Devotion
Chapter 8: Ritual Practices and Sacred Observances to Olókun
Chapter 9: Festival Days of Olókun
Part IV: Epilogue
Chapter 10: Ọbàtálá and Olókun: The Gender Dynamics
Bibliography
About the Authors