Oranmiyan

Founder-figure of the Oyo dynasty. Founded Old Oyo on the savanna, then returned to Ile-Ife. Father of Shango, Ajaka, and (by Erinmwinde of Benin) of Eweka I — making him the bridge figure between the Yoruba and Edo dynastic traditions. Cross-listed in Edo.

Parentage

• Ogun
• Lakange

Children

• Ajaka
• Eweka I
• Shango

Domains

• kingship
• war
• dynastic foundation

Powers

• iron mastery
• martial prowess
• kingship yoruba foundation
• cavalry command
• Lead mounted conquest of cities
• Thrust war-staff into earth (became the stele)

Epithets

• Ọranmíyàn ọmọ Ògún

Relations

• father of: Shango
• father of: Ajaka
• father of: Eweka I
• spouse: Torosi

Sources

• Johnson, History of the Yorubas (1921)
• Yoruba oral tradition (Itan)
• Edo Benin oral tradition (Eweka dynasty origin)
• Johnson (1921)