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The Epic of Edda-Igbo Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research 25 (7): 1582-1590, 2017 ISSN 1990-9233 © IDOSI Publications, 2017 DOI: 10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2017.1582.1590 The Content and Style of Ina Aja: The Epic of Edda-Igbo Mercy Agha Onu and Ngozi Emeka-Nwobia Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria Abstract: This study is a poetic presentation of the historic adventure of the people of Edda from their archetypal home, Isagha to their present habitat, Edda - Igbo society of South eastern. The study examines a veritable heritage which has survived in the midst of modern education and technology despite the ills of violence it has hipped on the people. This study adopts Parry and Lord’s the Oral-Formulaic Composition and data was through oral interview. Two bards were selected from the two major clans that made up Edda community which is divided as Upper Edda and Lower Edda. The analysis and interpretation of Ina Aja epic poetry of Edda reveals that heroism is an undying concept in the collective consciousness of humanity. To see it as a quality which existed in the past and now extinct is to fail, not only to understand its eclectic nature, but to indulge in irretrievable nostalgia. The findings of this study also reveals that heroic conditions which challenge our valour and honour still exist and the traditional idioms which made men physical prowess objects of veneration are still acknowledged as the best for immortalizing men of our time. Key words: Edda-Igbo Content Style and epic poetry INTRODUCTION narrative poem on a great and serious subject, related in an elevated style and centered on a heroic or quasi-divine Oral poetry is poetry that is composed and figure on whose actions determine the fate of a tribe [3]. transmitted without the aid of writing. The complex Crucial to all epics is the length, the grandeur of style, the relationships between written and spoken literature in place of the hero and the fate of the tribe ornation of the some societies can make this definition hard to maintain. epic. The exploits or conquests of the hero to prove his Oral poetry is sometimes considered to include any poetry heroism and save his tribe or people are paramount to the which is performed live. In many cultures, oral poetry authenticity of the epic story and tradition. Also, central overlaps with, or is identical with, song. Meanwhile, to all epics from diverse backgrounds is the dominance of although the term oral etymologically means to do with the heroic quests, conquests, victory and glory. And the mouth in some cultures oral poetry is also performed these are issues that define a society or a people. This has by other means, such as talking drums in some African made it very crucial at this point to examine the rich epic cultures. Oral poetry exists most clearly within oral poetry of Edda Igbo [4]. This study therefore showed how cultures, but it can survive and indeed flourish, in highly the Edda epic as a symbolic practice is essentially cultural literate cultures [1]. In Africa, most poetic genre types are and reflect the world-view, thinking and belief of the Edda designed to be performed and serve various social Igbo [5]. occasions and cultural contexts [2]. Very often, a particular form of poetry predicts the nature of the Background of the Edda People: The Edda occupies an occasion and purpose of performance-hence, the distinct important place in the hierarchy of rural and urban poetic genres and categories. One of these categories is settlement in the present day Afikpo South Local epic poetry. Epics generally are recited by professional or Government Area of Ebonyi State in Nigeria. This is semi-professional bards and towards their end they are largely due to her exploits in traditional warfare during the performed for entertainment. Normally there is a poetic era of inter-tribal wars. Before the intrusion of the white language for epic for instance in England, the more man into African tribal life the people of Edda were primitive the language; the wider the gap between the famous for their war-like nature and life of adventure [6]. language of prose and that of poetry. Usually a long Although the name ‘Edda’ struck fear into people’s hearts Corresponding Author: Mercy Agha Onu, Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria. 1582 Middle-East J. Sci. Res., 25 (7): 1582-1590, 2017 in traditional Igbo society, the Edda did not fight to account of the deeds of one or more great heroes or of a harass the helpless and the weak. They fought nation’s past history”. [10] states that epic is a genre of prestigious wars. Judging from their aggressive nature folklore. He further observes that oral folk genres have a and intrepidity, one would have expected the Edda to live performer and an audience, which influence each occupy the low-lying and level areas of the nine hundred other. and forty three square kilometers (945sq, km.) of land now The mood and agenda of both poet and audience are called Edda. But the reverse is the case. Tactically, the affected by current events, resulting in different patriarchs of Edda briefly sojourned on and abandoned ‘pressures’ on the story, thus variations of it. If two the level portions of the land such as Amanguzu (which prominent families in the community are feuding, the poet literally means a home of brief sojourn) and Amaezieda could perform an episode emphasizing the ideal behavior (which literally means a home for the genuine Edda) and of neighboring kinship groups. Thus epics exist as settled on the hilly and mountainous regions including “multiforms”: each performance is a different version the smoky Nkakwu (Itim) mountain. While the present (length and selected episodes) of the same story. generation continues to castigate their progenitors for From the above definitions, it is observed that epic poor choice of habitat, one would realize that involves superhuman deeds around a hero and about a requirements of their time proffered no better choice than certain culture. [11] defines epic as “a relative one”. Pure the one they made. It was an era characterized by fear, epics like the Iliad or Odyssey are totally in verse, but it is raids, invasion, battle and migration. It is held that Edda also common for these to be some prose: this sometimes has rich epic poetry and this has partly necessitated this comes in the narrative portion, with soliloquies study. conversations or purple passage in verse. In kazaku epic, In addition, in spite of the vibrancy of the rich epic for instance much of the basic narrative was often in poetry of Edda Igbo as a genre of oral literature, it has not prose delivered in a kind of recitative while the speeches received any scholarly attention and this may be of the main characters were in verse. Epic can also be ascribable to two major reasons: (a) alien researchers who defined as a long narrative poem recounting in elevated show interest in epic hardly receives the cooperation of style the deeds of legendary hero, especially one the bards and the people as a whole and (b) Edda scholars originating in oral folk tradition, in other words it is an who should be in a better position to study this sub-genre extended narrative poem in elevated and dignified that embodies Edda history, religion and heroic activities language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or have had no training in the art of collecting and traditional hero. Internet dictionary defines epic as a long documenting oral literature. [7] laments the extinction of poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, the epic as an art form in our time and blames the narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary disappearance of oral epic poetry on the advent of figures or the history of a nation. An epic is a long poem writing. But Scholars who are interested in the oral epic as or other of art celebrating heroic feats. After you sail an art form in Africa know that epic songs still flourish in around the world for seven years, fighting corruption and many communities in Africa in spite of the advent of planting vegetable gardens some poet will surely write the writing. epic of your adventures. Epic comes from the Greek for song, because Greek poets like Homer sung their poems. Epic-Poetry: According to [8] “An epic is a long, narrative We tend to use epic for long ambitious novels or poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that movies, especially if they involve a long journey. Epic are significant to the culture of the poet”. Many ancient can be used as an adjective to describe something writers used epic poetry to tell tales of intense adventures historically important, lasting and complex. Perhaps your and heroic feats. Some of the most famous literary great-grandfather was a soldier in the epic struggle of masterpieces in the world were written in the form of epic World War One. Your three day, sleepless card poker poetry. Epic poems were particularly common in the game could be described as [12] opines that the most ancient world because they were ideal for expressing developed form of oral poetry is epic. In the general stories orally. [9] states as follows “Epic is a long story or sense, it is a long narrative poem with an emphasis on the narrative poem on a great and serious subject, related in heroic deeds.
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