Tradition summary
Obatala shapes human forms from clay and wears unbroken white.
Mythic Dream reflection
to dream of him is to be reminded that you were made with care, and that gentleness — even toward your own flaws — is the beginning of wisdom.
Literary reflections
These fragments are original Mythic Dream writing, offered as prompts rather than historical source material.
He molds each head in the quiet before birth; the day he drank palm-wine and shaped the crooked and the halt, he swore off it forever and took them as his own.
Wrapped in white without a single stain, he asks of those who come to him only clean hands and an unhurried heart.
Sources & editorial status
Public citations have not yet been attached to this entry. Treat the tradition summary as provisional until it is reviewed against tradition-specific scholarship; the dream reflection is editorial interpretation.
