After being forced out of his land, Lamurudu settled in Egypt for some time where he deepened his knowledge in sorcery. He learned several patterns of rituals which still exists in some parts of Ijebu today. At that time, the Egyptians have developed so well in the worship of their gods who were originally men.
The concept of gods begins with a man encountering a demonic prince who is looking for obeisance from men. These princes have the same goal as Lucifer. Once they begin to get attention from a man, the man begins to take up their (dark) nature because it is a law in the spirit realm that whatever you behold, you become.
The consecration of these men to the worship of the princes led to the reproduction of the abilities and characteristics of the prince in the man, so the man becomes great among other men. Most of these men takes up the name of the prince that they worship such that when the man dies, you can keep calling his name and the prince responds to your request thereby establishing a dynasty/generation that worships that prince as a god.
This was the settings that Lamurudu met in Egypt and in his sojourn there, he found a prince too. The name of that prince is Oduduwa. Lamurudu fellowshipped with this prince till he took up the nature and name of this demonic prince. So, he entered as Lamurudu, but became Oduduwa. This is why there is no record of Oduduwa before Egypt. All historical material point at Oduduwa being an Egyptian. No. Oduduwa was never a man. He is a demonic prince that exists till date. He, just like every other prince, seeks obeisance from men. This is why Yoruba people are referred to as children of Oduduwa.
An example of it in the bible is in Ezekiel 28 which talks about a certain king of Tyre. Verse 1 to 10 talks about how the man wanted to be a god and did terrible things in the pursuit of this. Then from verse 11, the narrative, still talking about the same king of Tyre, suddenly changes to Lucifer. How he was in Eden and made with great stones. So, we have two personalities with the same name. One is a man, the other is a spirit.
This is the same pattern for Lamurudu. He entered this same pattern and learnt from a man called YARIBA. Yariba taught him how to fellowship with demons and Lamurudu began to fellowship with a prince called ODUDUWA. This is why there is no record of Oduduwa before Egypt. The name Oduduwa was first mentioned in Egypt
The Ijebus believe that they are direct descendants of the ancient Nubian tribe of Egypt because of the similarities in ritual patterns and linguistics. So, Lamurudu entered Egypt as a king, but left as a man who had fellowshipped heavily with a prince called Oduduwa so much that he began to introduce himself as Oduduwa. This is where Oduduwa came from. So, I agree with those who say that Oduduwa is a god.
Lamurudu became so skillful that Yariba became jealous. It led to a fight and Lamurudu had to leave Egypt. He moved in phases. Stopped in Sudan for a while, then North east Nigeria, North central before settling in Ile ife.Lamurudu would have loved to stay in Egypt, but his territory was heavily contested by men of similar stature. So, he had to leave.
Lamurudu, possessed by Oduduwa, set out of Egypt in search of a territory he can take over for himself. That territory would eventually be Ile Ife. This is why some Yoruba historians would insist that Lamurudu never existed in the story of the Yoruba race. They speak of Oduduwa as the projenitor.
Those who regard Oduduwa as a man are correct because of the way Lamurudu morphed into Oduduwa, but those who refer to Oduduwa as a god are more correct.
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