Ogbunabali
Ogbunabali (Igbo: Ogbúnàbàlị̀, lit. '[One] who kills at night') is the traditional Igbo death deity. His name is considered to be a literal description of his character as he is said to kill his victims in the night, these usually being criminals or those who have committed an unspeakable taboo.[1]
In Elechi Amadi's novel The Great Ponds, a conflict between two villages over a pond turns on a vow sworn before Ogubnabali.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Prower, Tomás (2019). Morbid magic: Death Spirituality and Culture from around the world. Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Worldwide. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-7387-6062-9. OCLC 1100448841.
- ^ Omotayo, Olatubosun Tope; Adegbola, Gbeminiyi Mujaheed; Osigbesan, Sultan Luqman (2018-11-13). "Role of older persons in conflict resolution and development: an analysis of Elechi Amadi's The Great Ponds". Lwati: A Journal of Contemporary Research. 15 (3): 97–110. ISSN 1813-2227.
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