19/01/2020
You must want to visit Nigeria after reading this!
The living immortal, Yeyemolu, is the permanent better half of the Ooni of Ife. According to history, Yeyemolu was the first wife of Oduduwa, the progenitor of the Yoruba race, and she remains the first wife of every succeeding king- of that she is in her 50th matrimony to oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II.
Ile-Ife, the cradle of Yoruba race and civilization is endowed variant wealthy historical facts and mysteries, and one amongst them is the mystery of 'Yeyemolu well'.
She ne'er had a baby in her first marriage to Oduduwa and in order for her husband to have his own children, she persuaded him to marry another girl. Oduduwa eventually married another woman who bore him kids. Shortly after the birth of his children by the other woman, she told her husband that she wanted to do something that will also make her live forever. Days later, Yeyemolu went missing in the palace. While in search for her, the Emes e (kingâs helper) found an odd sight within the palace; a newly dug well. When consulting the oracle, 'Orunmila', the deity of wisdom, knowledge, and divination told the king that âYeyemolu had remodeled herself into the well.â
In fact, the Ooni will ne'er be lonely or single because he permanently has a wife in the palace. Even if there is no woman in the palace physically, she, the Yeyemolu, is there perpetually as the first wife.
Her 50th husband, his Imperial Majesty, Ooni Ogunwusi once said in one of his interviews that, he communicates with Yeyemolu regularly like his better half. He also said that she is his god-sent first better half, and any other queen will have to accord respect to Yeyemolu, or she would somewhat be treated as an intruder within the palace.
Yeyemolu doesnât wish to be covered, she wants to be exposed to nature and also the world directly, the more you cover it, the more she gets annoyed and breaks whatever you used to cover it before the next morning, and yet, the water remains clean, pure and without blemish when drawn.
All the compounds in Ile-Ife contains a mysterious passage that connects to the Yeyemolu well, so if anyone erroneously falls within it, the person would mysteriously find himself or herself in the nearest bank of any river or sea where family members could see them. But If the water is dared dare, and you fall into it intentionally, as small as it is, you will ne'er come back.
See this list of her husbands below:
Oduduwa; Osangangan Obamakin; Ogun; Obalufon Gbogbodirin; Obalufon Alayeore; Oranmiyan; Ayetise; Lajamisan; Lajodoogun; Lafogido; Odidimode Rogbeesin; Awoeokolokin; Ekun; Ajimuda, Gboonijio; Okanlajosin; Adegbalu; Osinkola; Ogboru; Giesi; Lumobi; Agbedegbede; Ojelokunbiri; Lagunja; Larunnka; Ademilu; Omogbogbo; Ajila-Oorun; Adejinle; Olojo; Okiti; Lugbade; Aribiwoso; Osinlade; Adagba; Ojigidiri; Akinmoyero; Gbanlare; Gbegbaaje; Wunmonije; Adewela; Degbinsokun; Orarigba; Derin Ologbenla; Adelekan (Olubuse I); Adekola, Ademiluyi; Adesoji Aderemi; Okunade Sijuade; and Enitan Ogunwusi.
Note that the 20th ruler, Luwo Gbajuda, is not on the list because she is the first and only female Ooni of Ife.
I will encourage tourists to travel down to Nigeria and have a glance at one of the mysteries of God in Ile-Ife.