Not attested in the provided sources. The lexical field of tojú is used in proverbial and devotional language to request care or safekeeping; the construction 'Ìtọjú Ọ̀run' as an ancestral-protection rite is a scholarly gloss/inference and no traditionally recorded efficacy claims for a ritual of this name are present in the sources.
Context: The phrase combines the verb/noun tojú (care, safekeeping) and Ọ̀run (heaven; often associated with ancestors). In the supplied materials, tojú appears in Yoruba proverbs teaching prudence and careful maintenance (e.g., 'toju lo ye abere' — 'safe keeping is what is appropriate for a needle') and in at least one Yoruba-language hymn phrase. These attest to the cultural salience of the concept of care/safekeeping in moral and religious language. When performed / role in tradition: The provided corpus contains no ethnographic or textual record of a ritual named Ìtọjú Ọ̀run, its liturgy, timing, or role as a formal ancestral invocation. Therefore no documented information about when such a rite would be performed or its institutional role is available in the supplied sources. Scholarly note: The label 'Ìtọjú Ọ̀run' used here is an analytic compound constructed from attested lexical items. The sources illustrate usage of tojú in proverbs and hymnody but do not support claims about a conventionalized ancestral rite, its procedures, or its practitioners.
- 01No procedural steps are attested in the provided sources. The corpus contains proverbs and hymn lines using the lexical root tojú but does not provide any ordered ritual actions, prayers, recitations, or ceremonial sequence for a ritual called Ìtọjú Ọ̀run.
- ⚠No contraindications or risks are documented in the provided sources for a ritual by this name.
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- [1]Yoruba Proverbs: The Good Person. Yoruba Proverbs: The Good Person. (Source containing 'toju lo ye abere' proverb.)folk
- [2]Yoruba Proverbs: The Good Person (index). Yoruba Proverbs collection (proverbary usages of tojú).folk
- [3]Yoruba Proverbs: Wisdom Sayings Explained. Reference discussing Yoruba proverbs and cultural meanings of terms like tojú.academic
- [4]A f’ọpẹ f’Ọlọrun Now thank we all our God (Yoruba hymn). Yoruba hymn text containing the phrase 'toju wa sibe' (illustrates religious use of tojú).literary
- [5]Yoruba Body Parts and Medical Vocabulary: A Reference Guide. Reference guide indicating overlap of spiritual/healing vocabulary in Yoruba contexts (used for contextual interpretation, no ritual description).academic
- [6]Nigeria (general reference). General country-level reference included in the research corpus (not a primary ritual source).other
- [7]Yoruba Proverbs III: 630 in total (Patience, Prudence and Moderation). Collection of proverbs illustrating the cultural field of tojú.folk
- [8]Tribune Online article (quotation example). Contemporary media source included in corpus; not a source for a ritual named Ìtọjú Ọ̀run.other