Bayajidda (mythology)

The Bayajidda legend is the great legend of the origin of the Hausa states of northern Nigeria. It has an over - ethnic historical importance as it includes foundation of states, which go beyond the Hausa language border.

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After the in Daura, the traditional capital of the Hausa, traditional legend, the city was founded by the Palestine from across North Africa immigrant Magajiya Queen and her people. Later, a native of Baghdad Bayajidda came over Bornu by Daura, the snake killed in the fountain and married the queen. In order to postpone the enforcement of the marriage, this was the hero the slave Bagwariya concubine. He fathered Bagwariya Karbagari, the progenitor of the " seven Banza " States and later with Magajiya Bawo, the progenitor of the " seven Hausa " states. The latter, however, also includes Biram ( Garun ta - Gabbas ), a son of the hero from a previous marriage with a princess of Bornu, the MAGIRA.

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The determination of the historic confinement point of the legend is difficult, since a direct parallelization is excluded with historical circumstances. Nevertheless, it should be noted that the legend is not moving in a vacuum, but is enshrined in the state offices of Daura. During the Great, today Muslim festival processions king embodies the snake -killer Bayajidda and the "official" Queen Mother Magajiya the same legendary Queen of Daura. Even the high officials Galadima and Kaura play according to legend, comparable roles in the festive cult drama. This shows that the origin of the state and the origin of the legend belong together.

Interpretation

After Dierk Lange Bayajidda the legend is parallel to the Abraham - Sarah - Hagar story of the Old Testament. Just as the biblical story explains the origin of the twelve tribes of Israel with the descendants of Sarah and the origin of the Arabic tribes with the descendants of Hagar explains the Bayajidda legend the origin of the Hausa states with the pedigree of Magajiya and the origin of the south of it neighborhood of Frankfurt Banza countries with the pedigree of Bagwariya. Compounds with the same Bori spirits suggest an identification of Magajiya with Sara and Bagwariya with Hagar. Taking into account the Canaan - Bezuges of Magajiya, the legendary Queen of Daura, both of which are due to state-building activities of immigrants after the collapse of the Assyrian Empire. The Bayajidda legend is so far rightly regarded as the founding Charter of the Hausa States. Long theses make regarding their relation to the Old Testament, the Israelites, and Assyria in the professional world but an outsider dar.