This study deals with the categories and functions of Yoruba mythology in Wole Soyinka’s plays A Dance of the Forests and The Road. The types of Yoruba mythology used in these plays include: the myths of creation, the myths of eschatology and destruction and the myths of high being and celestial gods. Soyinka’s works are distinguished by their exploration of the African world view, and are steeped in Yoruba mythology. The characters also have mythological dimensions. Soyinka uses mythology to free black Africa from its subordination to European domination. The use of Yoruba mythology in Soyinka’s postcolonial dramatic works fulfils the cosmological, sociological and pedagogical functions. Yoruba mythology is a counter-discourse against the dominant colonialist discursive system. Thus, this study, in four points, uses the Archetypal approach to deal with the steps to the understanding of mythology, how myth works in literary writings, mythology of creation, mythology of eschatology and destruction.
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