Bouakarakarabiri
Ijaw · demigod · mythic age · Recorded classification
Bouakarakarabiri is a fearsome forest wizard and master of protective medicine in the Ozidi Saga. Petitioners seek him out to have their bodies charmed against edge and blow, and it is he who orders the preparation of the charms that render Ozidi effectively invulnerable in combat. Ambivalently, he had already worked the same fortification for Ozidi's formidable rival, so that his craft supplies the invulnerability of warriors on both sides of the epic's greatest duels.
Domains
- war magic
- herbalism
Powers
- to compound charms that make a warrior's body invulnerable
Sources
- Bouakarakarabiri is the forest wizard of the Ozidi Saga who prepares the fortifying war-charms of the epic's chief combatants, including Ozidi himself.: Clark, J. P. The Ozidi Saga. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press & Oxford University Press, 1977. (secondary); Okpewho, Isidore. Blood on the Tides: The Ozidi Saga and Oral Epic Narratology. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2014. (secondary)