Legends Of Africa: ORANMIYAN

The staff of Oranmiyan, Ile-Ife.

 Oranmiyan was the son of Oduduwa, he was noted to be a great warrior. In old age he retired into a groove, whenever  his people were attacked by enemies,  he emerged and dispersed enemies single-handed.
One day, during a festival, when the city was full of people and some were drunk, a man called out to oranmiyan that they were being attacked. The old king came out on horseback and laid about the crowd, destroying his own people unknowingly, until the people begged him to stop destroying his own subjects.
 Then the shocked warrior drove his staff into the ground and said he would never fight again.
Oranmiyan was said to have turned into stone.
Broken remains of stone have been dug up and fitted to restore the pillar, 'the staff of oranmiyan', which stands about twenty feet above ground, and studded with iron nails.
Africans are really creative. What do you think?