Nigerian Mythology Novels & Stories

To his amazement, there he was, standing upright with a calabash in her hand. "W...what, h..how did you get here and where is Kipili?" Abednego was astonished. Nina shouted at him and told him they don't have time, rather they should get moving away from the evil forest. Nina got another magic calabash from the old woman, Matendechere. The calabash was to give them power against any evil spirit in the forest of Igodo. Nina saved Abednego from the ogrism. So, all they do is to run as fast as they could. They were to run away from Igodo forest before other ogrisms realized what has happened to one of them.

he said resting his chin on my shoulder. “Femi let go” I said a little bit louder. “NO” he yelled back. “I’m never ever going to let you go. I can’t” he sobbed. I was dumbfounded for a second. Why would the almighty Femi the number one Yoruba Demon in Nigeria be crying because of me? “I love you Ama. Take my heart. Take everything I don’t care”

Blue asked, she had never heard of their kind before until now, she never believed such creatures as Jaguars existed She hadn’t been told or heard anything about them. “We are the Ebonyi tribe, most people refer to us as the Black African tribe, we serve a diety called OBASHI, the god of war and hunting. We have being living here for centuries even before the Great War” Miriam informed. She stared at a Blue a bit and all she could see was the features of her mother. “You look so much like her” she complimented. “Thank you” Blue answered with a smile, she looked ahead and found Alpha Cane watching her like she needed protection.

I said, sticking out my tongue, as I pulled at his beards. "No, let's go top that baby." he mouthed, lifting me up and carrying me towards the house. Well I got my self a rare man. ******************* Glossary: Ojuju-- A feigned Monster used to scare kids in Nigeria. Nepa-- National electric power authority.

"Where else, to the hideout." AN: runs girl is a Nigerian street word for prostitute. Onitemi is a Yoruba word which literally translates to 'mine'. Agbada is a flowing gown (mostly white) worn by the Yoruba men (or women at times) to celebrate festivities while iro and buba is a blouse and wrapper worn by Yoruba women to outings, festivities and even for fashion at times. Hey madam, where you dey go by this time of the night: is Nigerian pidgin and it literally means; hey ma'am, where are you headed at his hour of the night

Unfortunately this is an attitude that comes very late in the history of human development, and even then only to a small minority. Not only individuals but whole cultures feel a compulsion to offer answers when they don’t have any relevant facts. These stories, which are made up to cover gaps in our knowledge, are called myths. Probably the most all-pervasive myths are what are called creation myths, because (even today) nobody can really explain how the universe began, why there should be something rather than nothing, and yet it seems such a fundamental question that surely we must have SOME story to tell about it. The Bantu of Central Africa tell how in the beginning there was only darkn

My bewilderment deepened, rendering me utterly perplexed. "Yes, a helping hand. Have you ever heard of the 'Teardrop of Goddess Natalí'?" she inquired. I shook my head, admitting my ignorance. My knowledge of Goddess Natalí was limited to her being the deity of life and fertility, worshipped by the people of Nayak alongside her consort, Nati, the God of war and death. Beyond that, my understanding was lacking, as we were not particularly religious in Ruqgu.

until it became a great shout, and on their foot with their sword raised up in the air they echoes" this is not our home.'' Ogbon palace Few days before the Arrival of Awoditi, there has been a prophecy, that said: An enemy friend will come, and once he comes, the king himself must tend to him, that he will be the greatest army, the prophecy was coming at the time when the Ogbon kingdom's Chief of Armies staff died in battle. The kingdom worship the sea goddess, a goddess that was said to had ruler all the land in those days, she was in love with another God who deceived her out of the water, and shot the pathways against her, when she couldn't go back home, and she knew if she stays for mor