Time travel is a phenomena suggested in different ways.
One is to travel to another timeline in the universe. E.g. go back to a past timeline, or go forward into the future. (e.g. Terminator Movie).
Another form is time dilation through space travel. For instance, it is theorized (Einstein) that if you travel at the speed of light for a few minutes, or through a wormhole, hundreds of years might have passed on earth! (e.g. Planet of Apes movie).

Let's get into our story.
At a time on earth, there was a great famine that shook the whole world. Rain ceased for several years. A congress was held, divination was made by the Ifa priest. A sacrifice must be made to Eledumare, the supreme being. But after being prepared, this sacrifice must be taken to heaven by someone.
And that's the problem. It wasn't known if anybody who went to heaven could return back to this world, so nobody wants to carry the sacrifice. Just before all hope was lost, the Vulture volunteered himself. Although he hoped to return, if he didn't, he would have sacrificed himself too.
So the vulture took the sacrifice to heaven - it took him 7 days to get to heaven and present the sacrifice, and another 7 days to travel back. All of the journey was in-between heaven/earth, in the void.
The day he got back to earth, it was raining heavily and he was seriously beaten by rain.
To his dismay, many things have changed, he could not locate his own house. He knocked on several doors, but everyone kept slapping him him on the head and pushing him out back into the rain - no one recognized him, they were disgusted seeing him, he was short, his feathers soaked, dripping wet.

He eventually found himself at the palace. The King and Ifa priest were different people! When he explained himself, they realized he belonged to many generations ahead of that time. His journey of 14 days total was 1,400 years on earth! Apparently, every 1 day of his journey was 100 years on earth!
His legend had been passed generations down, the one who took sacrifice to heaven and never returned. It started raining normally on earth since the day he started his journey into the void. Eledumare answered their prayers the day the vulture departed the earth, and it particularly rained heavily on the anniversary of that day of every year.

Because of this sacrifice, the vulture is considered an untouchable bird in Yoruba culture. You don't kill the vulture. You don't eat the vulture. You don't do appeasement with the vulture. You don't sacrifice the vulture.

The existence of this folktale suggests Africans were not all about religion, but had indigenous science in the past.

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WeirdAlien:
Time travel is a phenomena suggested in different ways.
One is to travel to another timeline in the universe. E.g. go back to a past timeline, or go forward into the future. (e.g. Terminator Movie).
Another form is time dilation through space travel. For instance, it is theorized (Einstein) that if you travel at the speed of light for a few minutes, or through a wormhole, hundreds of years might have passed on earth! (e.g. Planet of Apes movie).

Let's get into our story.
At a time on earth, there was a great famine that shook the whole world. Rain ceased for several years. A congress was held, divination was made by the Ifa priest. A sacrifice must be made to Eledumare, the supreme being. But after being prepared, this sacrifice must be taken to heaven by someone.
And that's the problem. It wasn't known if anybody who went to heaven could return back to this world, so nobody wants to carry the sacrifice. Just before all hope was lost, the Vulture volunteered himself. Although he hoped to return, if he didn't, he would have sacrificed himself too.
So the vulture took the sacrifice to heaven - it took him 7 days to get to heaven and present the sacrifice, and another 7 days to travel back. All of the journey was in-between heaven/earth, in the void.
The day he got back to earth, it was raining heavily and he was seriously beaten by rain.
To his dismay, many things have changed, he could not locate his own house. He knocked on several doors, but everyone kept slapping him him on the head and pushing him out back into the rain - no one recognized him, they were disgusted seeing him, he was short, his feathers soaked, dripping wet.

He eventually found himself at the palace. The King and Ifa priest were different people! When he explained himself, they realized he belonged to many generations ahead of that time. His journey of 14 days total was 1,400 years on earth! Apparently, every 1 day of his journey was 100 years on earth!
His legend had been passed generations down, the one who took sacrifice to heaven and never returned. It started raining normally on earth since the day he started his journey into the void. Eledumare answered their prayers the day the vulture departed the earth, and it particularly rained heavily on the anniversary of that day of every year.

Because of this sacrifice, the vulture is considered an untouchable bird in Yoruba culture. You don't kill the vulture. You don't eat the vulture. You don't do appeasement with the vulture. You don't sacrifice the vulture.

The existence of this folktale suggests Africans were not all about religion, but had indigenous science in the past.

The Yoruba time travel folklore you've shared is a fascinating example of how cultures incorporate scientific concepts into their myths and legends. It's intriguing how the story blends time dilation and space travel ideas with religious beliefs.
This narrative reflects a creative way of explaining the passage of time and the origin of cultural practices. It also demonstrates that historical cultures often had a deep understanding of their environment, combining science and spirituality to make sense of the world around them.
This Yoruba folklore highlights the richness and complexity of indigenous knowledge systems.

WeirdAlien:
Time travel is a phenomena suggested in different ways.
One is to travel to another timeline in the universe. E.g. go back to a past timeline, or go forward into the future. (e.g. Terminator Movie).
Another form is time dilation through space travel. For instance, it is theorized (Einstein) that if you travel at the speed of light for a few minutes, or through a wormhole, hundreds of years might have passed on earth! (e.g. Planet of Apes movie).

Let's get into our story.
At a time on earth, there was a great famine that shook the whole world. Rain ceased for several years. A congress was held, divination was made by the Ifa priest. A sacrifice must be made to Eledumare, the supreme being. But after being prepared, this sacrifice must be taken to heaven by someone.
And that's the problem. It wasn't known if anybody who went to heaven could return back to this world, so nobody wants to carry the sacrifice. Just before all hope was lost, the Vulture volunteered himself. Although he hoped to return, if he didn't, he would have sacrificed himself too.
So the vulture took the sacrifice to heaven - it took him 7 days to get to heaven and present the sacrifice, and another 7 days to travel back. All of the journey was in-between heaven/earth, in the void.
The day he got back to earth, it was raining heavily and he was seriously beaten by rain.
To his dismay, many things have changed, he could not locate his own house. He knocked on several doors, but everyone kept slapping him him on the head and pushing him out back into the rain - no one recognized him, they were disgusted seeing him, he was short, his feathers soaked, dripping wet.

He eventually found himself at the palace. The King and Ifa priest were different people! When he explained himself, they realized he belonged to many generations ahead of that time. His journey of 14 days total was 1,400 years on earth! Apparently, every 1 day of his journey was 100 years on earth!
His legend had been passed generations down, the one who took sacrifice to heaven and never returned. It started raining normally on earth since the day he started his journey into the void. Eledumare answered their prayers the day the vulture departed the earth, and it particularly rained heavily on the anniversary of that day of every year.

Because of this sacrifice, the vulture is considered an untouchable bird in Yoruba culture. You don't kill the vulture. You don't eat the vulture. You don't do appeasement with the vulture. You don't sacrifice the vulture.

The existence of this folktale suggests Africans were not all about religion, but had indigenous science in the past.

What you just shared is NOT a folktale as ur title suggests

This story is a true life story and it tells you that time travel is a sicience not alien to the Yorubas before the incursion of the whites.

Yoruba tradions and culture has deep science embedded in it. It's just a pity that the white has used religion to distort our heritage as a people.

Please it's not a folktale...a foltale is more like a superstition...This story is far away from supperstition. It's real and has deep scientifical meanings.

I told people that ifa is a binary representation of binary numbers in computing.

Ifa is quantum mechanics in advanced form

Africa messed up by allowing foreign religion to come in.

We would have been as great as the movie Black Panther illustrated.

damosade:
I told people that ifa is a binary representation of binary numbers in computing.

You are absolutely correct and it is beyond that. Ifa covers a lot about the secret of the universe and purpose of the soul

EquitableTech:


What you just shared is NOT a folktale as ur title suggests

This story is a true life story and it tells you that time travel is a sicience not alien to the Yorubas before the incursion of the whites.

Yoruba tradions and culture has deep science embedded in it. It's just a pity that the white has used religion to distort our heritage as a people.

Please it's not a folktale...a foltale is more like a superstition...This story is far away from supperstition. It's real and has deep scientifical meanings.

The vulture may be one of these they called Annunakis.
So many meanings lost in translation. Heaven may just be anither dimension or passing through a work hole

EquitableTech:


What you just shared is NOT a folktale as ur title suggests

This story is a true life story and it tells you that time travel is a sicience not alien to the Yorubas before the incursion of the whites.

Yoruba tradions and culture has deep science embedded in it. It's[b][/b] just a pity that the white has used religion to distort our heritage as a people.

Please it's not a folktale...a foltale is more like a superstition...This story is far away from supperstition. It's real and has deep scientifical meanings.

With time:

True events are told in stories.
Stories become legends
Legends become myths
Myths are told in folktales.

What really happens is the passage of a lot of time, and passing on the story from one generation to another.

WeirdAlien:


With time:

True events are told in stories.
Stories become legends
Legends become myths
Myths are told in folktales.

What really happens is the passage of a lot of time, and passing on the story from one generation to another.

A substantial percentage of us are not this educated to know how words evolve. People read the meanings of words at face value. It's important at times to use clearer words to convey our true meanings and intentions to avoid misrepresentations that may arise from such.