Wole Soyinka Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. July 13, 1934
Birthday: July 13
The gods in Yoruba mythology are not remote at all. They're benign, they're malign, they are mischievous, like Eshu for instance, tricksters, rascally, fornicators, that's a similarity to Greek mythology, for instance, you know. They're not saints, they're not saints. They're powerful. It's why they're not tyrannical. Of course, a number of them are also very, you know, benevolent, you know, there are saintly virtues to be found in them.
source: Source: www.nobelprize.org
topic: Powerful, Numbers, Greek, Mischievous, Tricksters, Greek Myth, Greek Mythology
