By Kehinde Adepegba, Ph.DThe Yorùbá consider some numbers as very significant as revealed by their belief system. I (oókan), 2 (eéjì ), 3 (ẹẹ́ta), 5 (aárùn-ún), 7 (eéje), and 8 (ẹẹ́jọ ) are some of their significant numbers. This review examines 3 (ẹẹ́ta) in Yorùbá belief. As they say: mẹ́ta là á pa á, mẹ́ta là á mọ ọn (riddles are cast and revealed thrice). We are at an ‘oríta-meta to ń dààmú àlejò’ (an intersection of three paths that ...