Their main characters are animals, deities, or culture heroes whose actions are set in an earlier world, when the earth was different from what it is today, or in another world such as the sky or underworld(... A gba won pelu igbagbo, won je eko to wa lati  gbagbo; a le fi won se eri aimokan, iyemeji tabi aigbagbo.. 
Ìdí ìgbà la sìnkú asíngba; ìdí gi la sìnkú ìṣọ́nà, níbí a rílẹ̀ si la sìnkú olè idi ejò là sìnkú ìbaka; níbí a rílẹ̀ si là sìnkú olè.Nígbà tọ́mọlọ́lù Oníkòyí kú lọ́jọ́sí; ẹ lo inú yàrá, ẹ gbélé Ken ikòtò-ìkòjì; ẹ gbélé Ken ìkọ̀kọ̀ ìkós.m.. 