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or attacked by a swarm of bees. The property of the victim is usually taken by the priests of
Amadioha, and the body is left unburied and the victim unmourned, as the punishment is considered to be a righteous one from God. In Igbo culture when a dead person is left unburied, it gives the people clues that this one has been punished by the Gods. In some parts of Igboland, Amadioha is used as a curse word. Oaths are often sworn to him, which can carry deadly penalties when broken.
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The ritual cleansing for
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Amadioha as a personal shrine is a spirit of enterprise that brings wealth. It is also a representative of the head of the household. Therefore, the people from Ozuzu town in Etche Local
Government Area of River State of Nigeria do not eat Etu (special cow meat) because Amadioha (deity god) hates it
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Amadioha is first and foremost known as a god of justice. He speaks through thunder, and he strikes with lightning. He creates thunder and lightning by casting "thunderstones" down to earth. Persons judged guilty by
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Literally, Amadioha means man of the people. Most people from the eastern part of
Nigeria ascribe the name to their local deity/god. Shrines to Amadioha still exist in different parts of Igboland, but the main shrine is located at Ogboro Ama Ukwu or Ihiokpu as it is called in Ozuzu in Etche Local
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Besides justice, Amadioha is also a god of love, peace and unity, and is prayed for increase of crops, children in the home, and benevolence. Aside the above manifestations of
Amadioha, he represents, as different from most African religious world views, a messianic hope for those in critical
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Amadioha is also considered to be a creator God. In some traditions, human beings were made by him when he sent a bolt of lightning down to strike a silk cotton tree, which split and revealed a man and a woman.
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