The Yoruba word for ‘robot’ is ‘Sigidi’.
Sigidi is a clay image of the human
torso with eyes and mouth and nose marked. It was historically said to be made
out of clay and mud. It serves the maker without any question, without any
hesitation. But sometimes Sigidi out
of playfulness asks to be exposed to the rain forgetting that it is made of
mud! Once in a while Sigidi was a bit play.
Sigidi was one of the nicest creatures in Yoruba land. It was kind and
it always did well. It was so powerful that it protected villagers from trouble
and bad things. Sigidi never did
evil to anyone.
Whenever Sigidi wanted
to show the villagers how powerful it is it, will gather villagers so he can do
some magical performance. When people gathered they will clap and be marveled at
how powerful he was. Sigidi was
mostly in one spot. When Sigidi would
sit in one place, it will not get up from that place for hours.
Sigidi had only one weakness and it was water. It was a taboo for Sigidi to go near water or even stay in
it. it couldn't go near water because of how it was formed. You know clay and
mud can’t stay it water for too long; it will melt.
Sigidi’s knew he wasn't water
friendly so they him to come near the water. They lied to him that he should
come and see a pretty damsel near the water. He foolishly followed them to the
river. When he got onto the river he couldn't come out of the water. Before his
friends knew it he was sinking. They couldn't rescue him because of he was made
of.
While he was sinking he caused them. He vowed never to good to or
for people. He vowed to always do evil. Friendly and kind Sigidi now became an instrument of evil. Now people use it as an
instrument of evil. When you send it to do evil it will do it without
hesitation.
Sigidi an epitome for good now became
an instrument for evil.
I think we need to research more into this and maybe replace it with ceramic objects and infuse positive thoughts to make it an object of kindness.
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