Yoruba Myth about Abiku
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YORUBA MYTHOLOGY
EBORA ABIKU
THE SPIRIT OF REBORN/REBIRTH
A VILLAIN OF THE YORUBA MYTHOLOGY WORLDWIDE
A man that spits on the floor and uses his foot to wipe it, understands the evil of this world.
B4 we proceed, I pay homage to all the great and powerful divinities governing this world, seen and unseen, My family and friends shall not be physically or spiritually harmed ! (ASÈ)
The word Abiku means abi iku, (Abi) we give birth to (iku) death, Abiku's are rebirth spirit of the underworld , thy derive pleasure at the cry of their mothers
Abiku’s are spirits who've families in the spiritual world. The myth is that those spirits are hungry as no one offers sacrifices to them. In anger, they come to the physical world to eat & provide food for their spiritual family and at the peak of happiness in the home, they die
Such happiness may include marriage ceremony, coronation and wealth. This is a pure act of revenge as the cry of a mother excites the Abiku spirit.
It sounds ridiculous , but it is real. Some children over time are reborn to the same mother with the previous look, sex, complexion and structure and die before they reach puberty
In some cases, after the death of an Abiku , family members cut their finger, ear or pierce deep mark on their faces or back. To a great surprise the Abiku on reborn would have those marks whether on the faces or back
The Abiku's are also called names like; Duro-Orike, Durosinmi, Durojaiye, Igbokoyi, Jokotimi, Malomo, kosoko, and so on (etc) , to plead with them not to die again and to allow them stay with their parents.
It is believed that Abiku plummet the fortune of their parents and their great joy is to see their mother cry when they die, severally because the tears running on their mothers’ face are valuable in the spirit world.
Abiku time in human life is always short and their deaths mostly occur at the time of their joy like , naming ceremony , marriage, graduation etc.
The Emere and Abiku are similar kind of children according to a popular Yoruba belief , they make a certain pledge concerning their life duration with their mates in the spirit world. At the expiration of the time, he/she dies and re-unites with their mates.
Some oral tradition also confirm that some Emere among them must have married one of their mates and probably bore children over there (in the spirit world). In coming to the human world, the Emere could find it difficult to get married and bear children.
Research shows that if such person is eventually married and conceived pregnancy, somebody who refers to as spiritual husband (Oko Orun) will have sexual intercourse with her in the dream and this will result to miscarriage.
This remains one of the factors responsible for barrenness among women according to Yoruba tradition and the solution to that is for the person to offer sacrifice inform of food (Ounje Egbe) to stop such occurrence.
Research has also shown that the Abiku and Emere are very attractive and they prefer living around riverine areas
The Yoruba belief is that if a pregnant woman goes to such areas, the spirit of the Emere or Abiku can follow the woman to her home and she might eventually give birth to a child with either Abiku or Emere
In preventing such incidence, pregnant women are advised to attach either a needle or a small white stone to the edge of their clothes. The Emere and Abiku would not be able to follow the woman because those things are signs that work against them.
YORUBA MYTHOLOGY
EBORA ABIKU
THE SPIRIT OF REBORN/REBIRTH
A VILLAIN OF THE YORUBA MYTHOLOGY WORLDWIDE
A man that spits on the floor and uses his foot to wipe it, understands the evil of this world.
B4 we proceed, I pay homage to all the great and powerful divinities governing this world, seen and unseen, My family and friends shall not be physically or spiritually harmed ! (ASÈ)
The word Abiku means abi iku, (Abi) we give birth to (iku) death, Abiku's are rebirth spirit of the underworld , thy derive pleasure at the cry of their mothers
Abiku’s are spirits who've families in the spiritual world. The myth is that those spirits are hungry as no one offers sacrifices to them. In anger, they come to the physical world to eat & provide food for their spiritual family and at the peak of happiness in the home, they die
Such happiness may include marriage ceremony, coronation and wealth. This is a pure act of revenge as the cry of a mother excites the Abiku spirit.
It sounds ridiculous , but it is real. Some children over time are reborn to the same mother with the previous look, sex, complexion and structure and die before they reach puberty
In some cases, after the death of an Abiku , family members cut their finger, ear or pierce deep mark on their faces or back. To a great surprise the Abiku on reborn would have those marks whether on the faces or back
The Abiku's are also called names like; Duro-Orike, Durosinmi, Durojaiye, Igbokoyi, Jokotimi, Malomo, kosoko, and so on (etc) , to plead with them not to die again and to allow them stay with their parents.
It is believed that Abiku plummet the fortune of their parents and their great joy is to see their mother cry when they die, severally because the tears running on their mothers’ face are valuable in the spirit world.
Abiku time in human life is always short and their deaths mostly occur at the time of their joy like , naming ceremony , marriage, graduation etc.
The Emere and Abiku are similar kind of children according to a popular Yoruba belief , they make a certain pledge concerning their life duration with their mates in the spirit world. At the expiration of the time, he/she dies and re-unites with their mates.
Some oral tradition also confirm that some Emere among them must have married one of their mates and probably bore children over there (in the spirit world). In coming to the human world, the Emere could find it difficult to get married and bear children.
Research shows that if such person is eventually married and conceived pregnancy, somebody who refers to as spiritual husband (Oko Orun) will have sexual intercourse with her in the dream and this will result to miscarriage.
This remains one of the factors responsible for barrenness among women according to Yoruba tradition and the solution to that is for the person to offer sacrifice inform of food (Ounje Egbe) to stop such occurrence.
Research has also shown that the Abiku and Emere are very attractive and they prefer living around riverine areas
The Yoruba belief is that if a pregnant woman goes to such areas, the spirit of the Emere or Abiku can follow the woman to her home and she might eventually give birth to a child with either Abiku or Emere
In preventing such incidence, pregnant women are advised to attach either a needle or a small white stone to the edge of their clothes. The Emere and Abiku would not be able to follow the woman because those things are signs that work against them.
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