The water goddess in Igbo cosmology
Subtitle: Ogbuide of Oguta Lake
By: Sabine Jell-Bahlsen
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Trenton NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 433
ISBN-13: 9781592214822; 9781592214839
Subjects: Igbo (African people) -- Nigeria -- Oguta -- Religion; Igbo (African people) -- Nigeria -- Oguta -- Rites and ceremonies; Igbo (African people) -- Nigeria -- Oguta -- Folklore; Mythology, Igbo -- Nigeria -- Oguta; Goddess religion -- Nigeria -- Oguta; Water -- Mythology -- Nigeria -- Oguta; Oguta (Nigeria) -- Religious life and customs; Oguta (Nigeria) -- Social life and customs
Description: "This evocative study of a water Goddess among the Igbo of Lake Oguta in southeastern Nigeria, thoroughly explores the rituals, beliefs and social organization associated with rituals of women's power ... the analysis of this powerful Goddess, based on many years of research, is a notable contribution to African female ritual studies, long neglected by scholars."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-418) and index