They have a polygamous religion and believe in supernatural, being such as Gods, spirits, and ancestors. “This man told him that his child was an ogbanje, one of those wicked children who when they died, entered their mothers’ wombs to be born again,” wrote Chinua Achebe. This is talking about what the medicine man told Okonkwo after his third wife, Ekwefi, had lost her second child. The man advised Okonkwo, to stop the ogbanje, to let his wife stay with the her people to elude the ogbanjes’ evil cycle. In their religion they believe that sacrifices are used to dispose of sins, ask assistance, and give thanks. For example, white chickens are sacrificed to Chuckwu who is the highest god over all their other gods. They make offerings at family shrines and theses are done by priests of the spirit or ancestor you choose. The Igbo religion is polygamous and they believe in many things such as Ogbanje child and
They have a polygamous religion and believe in supernatural, being such as Gods, spirits, and ancestors. “This man told him that his child was an ogbanje, one of those wicked children who when they died, entered their mothers’ wombs to be born again,” wrote Chinua Achebe. This is talking about what the medicine man told Okonkwo after his third wife, Ekwefi, had lost her second child. The man advised Okonkwo, to stop the ogbanje, to let his wife stay with the her people to elude the ogbanjes’ evil cycle. In their religion they believe that sacrifices are used to dispose of sins, ask assistance, and give thanks. For example, white chickens are sacrificed to Chuckwu who is the highest god over all their other gods. They make offerings at family shrines and theses are done by priests of the spirit or ancestor you choose. The Igbo religion is polygamous and they believe in many things such as Ogbanje child and