Kwara State University
Ayoola ARANSI
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Department: Linguistics African and European Languages
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| 1 | IMAGES OF WITCHES IN YORUBA ORAL POETRY |
Abstract Literature provides veritable expressions of society and also presents an invaluable avenue for scholars to investigates issues that are not familiar to the researcher. Yoruba oral poetry has been suffused with different aspects of human activities in society. This paper focused on the use of supernatural powers for harmful deeds by innately evil people who work harm against others. Also, it seeks to examine the descriptive poetry of witches being evil and some negative evil activities such as murder, snatching, night marauding, destroying, charm neutralizing, adultery, confusion, wickedness, invisible attack, greed, human hunting, and blood-sucking attributed to them. This study established that witches are invisible creatures and their activities are hazardous to human progress and development. The study revealed that witches cannot be overpowered but they can be appeased only through sacrifices and rituals. It also shows that the activities of witches are uncontrollable and dangerous to society. The paper concludes that there is the need for encompassing hermeneutics theory that will serve as the base for the analyses of the work. | Àránsí Ayọ̀ọlá Ọládùnńkẹ́ | Vol. 19(1). | journal | 2021-12-01 | ||