Story Of The gods

In this episode we take a tour, to find out how the earth was made.

In today episode we travel to Congo for a tale of legends

In this Episode of Story of the gods, we take you on tour to one of South African Tales of the great grootslang

AT THE MENTION OF MY NAME, LET THERE BE JUSTICE! Takhar is a Senegalese god, known as the god of justice and vengeance. Takhar resides in the tallest trees of the forest, and is worshipped to prevent oppression, and repel evildoers. Find out more about this African god in this episode of the story of the gods.

Creativity and wisdom, which is Superior? Find out in this intriguing episode, as Olodumare and Olokun (goddess of the river) battles in this epic tale. Whose ego was punctured, whose loyalty was tested?

In this episode, we take you on a tour to Egypt and the brief history of Anubis

In This Episode your host Samuel takes us into the very depth of Angola to bring us to Kalunga. When the fire of love burns, even death can't quench it. Kalunga, a man who so much loves his wife, would send a whole community to the land of the dead to bring back his darling wife, only to find out, even the dead cheat. Find out the fate of Kalunga in this intriguing episode of #storyofthegods Liste...

A man who claims to love, they say, must be willing to fight for it. In this intense love story, Ogun; god of iron battles with Sango; god of thunder for Osun's heart. Is all fair in the battle for love? Find out in this intriguing episode of the story of the gods. Subscribe on jamit.fm to always be the first to know when a new episode drops

Story Of The Gods returns with another banging season. Join Samuel, as he takes your ears on a journey to Africa to learn about legendary gods like Sango, the Yoruba god of thunder, and Anubis, the Egyptian god of death, and many more. Don't miss a thing head over to Jamit.fm to subscribe to the story of the gods

Yemoja mother of all, goddess of fertility, powerful. You think you are caring, wait till you hear of Yemoja, a strong woman who cared deeply for her children, but was any of these reciprocated by those she loved, find out in this intriguing episode of Story of the gods.

Shaka Zulu: The Rise and Fall

A wise man once said, 'men are what their mothers made them'. How true is this statement? Find out on this new episode of Story of the gods as Samuel takes you on a tour to the Benin Kingdom.

She was brave, fierce, yet beautiful, benevolent and bold. To her children, she was a mother, to her enemies, she was a terror. Her name was Moremi Ajasoro. Find out in this intriguing episode the great prize a mother had to pay to save her kingdom.

A wise man once said, 'cunning is the art of concealing one's defect and discovering other people's weaknesses.' How true is this? Find out on this intriguing episode of Story of the gods.

Have you heard of the flying man, yes in Africa; Ikenga, the son of Ngwu reputed with the ability to fly from one Iroko tree to another. The great warrior who led his people to the river of sea battle which Mermaids came to fight, enemies rode on the backs of mammoth sharks and crocodiles. Enemies conjure large stones to fly and ram on buildings. Enjoy this epic episode of SOTG.

Women are known to be a walking bank of secrets. Have you heard of a little girl whose heart housed the secret to finding the best fruit? Her name is Fadhila; she's kind, loving and sweet. But, for how long will it take before greedy ones, such as Spider, take advantage of her kindness? Find out in this intriguing episode of Story of the gods; stories born straight from the belly of our ancestors.

A greedy mill they say grinds all kinds of corn. Such is the case of the Elephant in this intriguing African folktale. The Elephant, being a greedy eater, digs its own grave with its teeth through the help of its ever cunny neighbour, the Tortoise. How and what did it do? Find out in this humorous tale.

Love can't be forced, neither could it be arranged, when the foundation of love has lie as its sand, and deceit as its cement, it wouldn't take forever before such charade meets its waterloo. How did a beautiful young woman named Uwaraye, whose husband's ecstasy and jubilation on their wedding night touched the curtain of heaven, become an Emotan; lazybones? Find out on this episode of the story o...

In this South African romance tale, Mbaba Mwana Waresa, the goddess of fertility reveals the magical power of love, using beer as a mystical repellent on those with the mission to put asunder to her beautiful union with Thandiwe. Yes, beer, the same beer we drink, find out how the beer turned to a repellent in this intriguing African tale.

Oluronbi: The Magic Tree and Child is a story that will teach you why you shouldn't promise when you are happy, why it's important for you not to say much if at all you must reply when angry, and particularly, why you shouldn't make a decision when you are sad or desperate...

Yorubas unarguably are one of the majority ethnic group in Nigeria. This African narrative told with humor and suspense will delight the listener with its wealth of details of the Yoruba's belief of how all things were created, including humans, by a pantheon called Obatala through the help of other gods. Every beat reveals the several deeds of some of this pantheon when and after humans were crea...

Story of the gods is an audio experience creatively created to reverberate traditions, customs, morals and lessons from African tales, passed down by our forefathers; not just how-to, but how not to. At the helm as Narrator is OLAWOYIN Olamide Samuel, regarded for his powerful voice and engaging storytelling skill. Story of the gods takes listeners on an unprecedented sensational journey of storyt...

This episode is about the tale of Mawu, the great goddess of the earth. Her themes are creativity, Universal Law, passion, abundance, birth, and inspiration. Mawu is the Goddess of the night, of joy, and of motherhood as well as the ruler of the world’s wisdom and knowledge. She is the one who brings cool nights to the hot African world. Listen to be entertained.

Eshu: Our tale today takes us deep into the western region of Nigeria, into the lands of the Yorubas. It was there that the tale of Eshu, the trickster god, originated. Eshu, also known as Elegba or Legba as in the Yoruba dialect, was a trickster god of the Yoruba people of Nigeria in West Africa. He was unpredictable, sly and fond of pranks that can be cruel and disruptive. Indeed, he was despica...

This week’s episode of the Story of the gods Podcast focuses on a tale that is told in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo by the Bantu people in the Great African Lake region; these people are the Nyangas. A tale that sits as one of Africa’s myths of origin. Gather around and listen to the myth of Mwindo, the epic hero of the Nyangas, who rises from an auspicious birth to become c...