The legend of Sango,the Yoruba God of thunder.

We have read about the legends of Thor(the Norse God of thunder, Zeus and the remaining ancient gods of the western nation..but in the southern western region of nigeria lies the story of A man who became a legend and a god that is worship today In almost every part of western nigeria and also some region in other countries like Brazil.

The tale of a man born in ancient city of Oyo state and a the son of Oranyan a legendary fighter who Fought and expanded the Yoruba empire to how it has become today, Sango became the third king of of the Yoruba empire,and he reigned for 7yrs before his famous ending.

legend believe that sango was never really a God of thunder when he was born as a hier to the throne of the Yoruba empire..but he journey in search of his inner self,a journey that took him into a forest where he commute with the gods of both land,sea and air,when sango will return back to the Oyo empire he was no longer a Normal human,he was now a god on his own.he took the king title away from his brother and took charge of the Yoruba empire. Sango was not only a God of thunder but he was also know to removed fire from his mouth when ever he got Angry or he was provoked..

During is reign as the king of Oyo empire,he married three wife,whose name are osun,oya and Oba.. osun was the last of his wives and the one he loved and cherished so much,,while oba was the oldest wife who is ready to do everything to win back the heart of Sango..so one day she went to meet Osun or oyato tell her what she could do so that sango would loved her the way he loved osun..but osun lied to her that she should cook Ears with his food that sango loved eating human ears,,oba who was desperate to every thing to win back sango heart did as she was told without asking any questions..After she offered these food to Sango,Sango discovered what she has doned and he got really angry and as usual,he got Angry, due to his uncontrollable anger ,he burned down his village which he swore to protect, with fire and thunderbolt.

There are still many stories surrounding his death,so believed that after he saw what he has doned,he went to the top of a mountain and committed suicide,while others believe that he enter into the earth..so he is mostly refered to Sango olu koso( meaning he did not hang his self).

Today Sango has become a common household name in almost every region of the Yoruba states and also some areas in the world. And he is being worshipped as a god in Nigeria and some areas in Brazil and the world at large.it is also believe that He casts a thunderstone to earth, which creates thunder and lightning, to anyone who offends him. Worshippers in Yorubaland in Nigeria do not eat cowpea because they believe that the wrath of the god of iron would descend on them.

Below are some of the pictures of some sango worshipping ceremony in Nigeria and also Around the world.

Oyo state in Nigeria is one of the Area where sango worshipping is very common and it is still practice till date.it is also believe that the diety sango hates thief ,so when ever thier is a crime of stealing in any area and sango is summuned to attack the thief,,it is also believe that sango will kill the thief and place the Goods that was stolen on the thief as a proof.

Well the Yoruba culture is filled with many tales and myth,such as that of oduduwa, oranmiyan, Ogunmola,ifa and so on,with time I will be writing about these legends that existed and thier story forever change the way we view the world..