Ozidi is the culture-hero of the Ijaw (Ijo) oral epic performed as ritual theatre at Orua in the Niger Delta. Born after the assassination of his father, he is raised in his mother's natal town and fortified with war-charms, a seven-pronged sword, and constant supernatural guidance by his grandmother Oreame. Reaching manhood he returns to Orua and cuts down, one after another, the captains who conspired against his father, before facing further monstrous adversaries. The saga was recorded in 1963 from the bard Okabou Ojobolo and given its standard bilingual edition and critical study in the twentieth century.