Abstract:
A symbol, in its barest sense, is a representation of a phenomenon with a unique conventionality associated with such phenomenology. In this regard, all words are symbols of encoding entities spoken or written. Thus such applications, words, are employed by humans to convey information of specific kinds to represent their thoughts, feelings, warnings, emotions, and above it all their cultural ethos and pathos. In this study, what we refer to as a symbol is a name, term or graphics that are accessible and relatable as a constancy in anthropoids. However, in literary space, a symbol operates as a nuance of imagery, possessing a heightened technicality of effect—a word or phrase used to refer to an object, action, or phenomenon, which possesses a greater significance in advanced attachment/interpretation. Hence, through the architecture of symbolic theory, we shall examine inherent symbolic deities and their manifestations in contemporary Yoruba worldview in Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone.
