Abstract

This essay focuses on the function of folklore to the ethnic group (Urhobo) that claims it as its heritage. The folklore encompasses almost everything about the Urhobos. Thus, this essay has attempted to touch so much that makes Urhobo land what it is and the people who they are. At the same time, from the changes taking place with time, there is the urgency to record or put in writing to preserve the ways of life we have known. Modernity and globalization will not leave Urhobo life untouched but will do all their best to change. Urhobo as a culture is not static but ever evolving and it is important to know at whatever new stage how we have been before then.