The Origin of Iyawo
Long time ago in Yoruba land, a beautiful princess and daughter of the first king of Iwo town named Wuraola were in the quest of getting herself a patient, tolerant and well mannered husband . Strong and good looking men, the likes of Sango, Ogun and others had already had already travelled to Iwo town to seek the hand of Wuraola in marriage but left with no wife but uncontrollable anger, Wuraola has been rude to everyone of them. In fact, she hurled insult and curses at her suitor which made them all leave on the sane day they arrived in the town of Iwo because they couldn't tolerate her bad behaviors. Orunmila set out to Iwo land, he had already consulted Olodumare, the supreme being, through Ifa. Olodumare revealed to Orunmila that he must be patient with Wuraola and endure her behaviours no matter how bad they are in order to succeed in the quest of marrying Wuraola. When Orunmila got to the palace of the king of Iwo,he was greeted with a hiss and scornful ...