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

• paternal: Ogun
• maternal: 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 yoruba · Oranmiyan omo Ogunpraise-line hailing Oranmiyan the founder-prince of Oyo as 'offspring of Ogun', the warrior conqueror who descended from Ile-Ife to found the Oyo dynastyJohnson, Samuel. The History of the Yorubas, CMS/Routledge, 1921 (secondary scholarship); Smith, Robert. Kingdoms of the Yoruba, Methuen, 1969 (secondary scholarship)

Relations

• father: Oduduwa (Yoruba founder-figure of Ile-Ife and the Yoruba kingship-tradition; alternate-canon paternal-claim for Oranmiyan per Johnson 1921; not registered as standalone entry per the registry's deity-only-as-required-parent-anchor principle) · YorubaPer the canonical Yoruba royal-dynasty itan, Oranmiyan is Oduduwa's son. The existing parentIds field routes paternal-divinity through Ogun (an alternate-canon reading per Verger 1957); both paternal claims are preserved per the multi-tradition Yoruba-itan record.Johnson (1921); Egharevba (1968) (secondary)
• father of: ShangoJohnson (1921) (secondary)
• father of: AjakaJohnson (1921) (secondary)
• father of: Eweka IBy Erinmwinde of Benin; the bridge figure between the Yoruba and Edo dynastic traditions.Egharevba (1968) (secondary)
• spouse: TorosiReciprocal of torosi.spouse — Nupe princess wed by Oranmiyan.S. Johnson, The History of the Yorubas (1921) (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Johnson, History of the Yorubas (1921) (secondary); Yoruba oral tradition (Itan) (primary); Edo Benin oral tradition (Eweka dynasty origin) (primary)
• parentage: Johnson (1921) (secondary)