The king kept telling his Chiefs which consisted of Otun(His right hand man),Osi(His left hand man)Iya-oloja(WomenLeader)and the Olori-odo(Youth-leader),He kept repeating that it was time to call on their gods but no one knew the gods they weren't even sure if the gods existed
Prior to that the Iwase-Orisa villagers lived freely,no festivals to celebrate any god they just basked in fruitfulness,wealth and peace so no one even thought a time like this would come and they will have to call upon an UNKNOWN god
But how?
The king told everyone to go home,ponder and sleep on it just perhaps,perhaps,PERHAPS!their unknown god may decide to reveal himself to anyone and if anyone dreams about anything or envisions anything out of the ordinary it should be brought to his attention immediately
This message was spread across the land to every one male,female,old and young and everyone went to bed with their minds pondering about the Unknown god
Everyone deep down wanted the gods to be revealed to him/her first
Wives slept beside their husband and kept asking at each point of a mild sleep -"Have you seen anything?" After a negative reply they would sleep back but still very alert that just perhaps perhaps PERHAPS!the gods will be revealed to them
It was just about dawn when a sudden cry was heard from the Orisa-Fimihan hut
The cry was from the first daughter of Orisa-Fimihan-Orisa-gbemi
She cried out with a loud voice "I HAVE SEEN THE gods".
She kept repeating this and wouldn't stop screaming
It wasn't long before the entire viallgers gathered at their huts with their inquisitive minds
What did you see?
How did you see it?
Did you really see the gods?
Are they like us?
What did they say?
Did they make you scream?
All these questions was brought to an halt when Oba walked in and also asked
Orisa-gbemi WHAT DID YOU SEE?
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Birth of the gods(Orissa-kekere)
Historical FictionIn a far away land in Africa there was a small clan who called themselves (IwaseOrisa)which means from the offspring of the gods.The gods needed to speak to the people,the people also needed the gods and a medium was created using small kids as inte...
