https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x And Her Role in Efuru en-us 2018-01-26 02:38:10 UTC 2023-06-26 00:21:49 UTC hello@padlet.com lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224921764 The Igbo people are traditionally polytheistic. However, they are mostly Christian now.]]> 2018-01-26 02:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224921764 lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224922647 She is a water goddess who, in Efuru, grants her worshipers wealth and power, but not children. She is barren herself and therefore cannot give people children.]]> 2018-01-26 02:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224922647 lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224923783 Uhamiri is strictly the blue lake goddess. The River deity is called Okita.]]> 2018-01-26 02:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224923783 lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224933154 2018-01-26 04:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224933154 lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224933484 2018-01-26 04:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224933484 lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224933629 Many sources say that her mother could not have been a follower of Uhamiri because she had a child. However, it is stated that there was another Igbo woman, Ogini, who had a child prior to becoming a follower of Uhamiri and another after becoming a follower.]]> 2018-01-26 04:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224933629 lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224933902 Women must choose to have more wealth or to have children. Uhamiri does not grant them both.]]> 2018-01-26 04:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224933902 lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224933982 Efuru's mother also became increasingly successful, but had no more children.]]> 2018-01-26 04:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224933982 lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224936728 Followers must not fish on this day and must discourage others from fishing. They cannot eat yams on this day, nor can they sleep with their husbands. They must boil, roast, or fry plantains on this day. And they must wear white to bed.]]> 2018-01-26 05:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224936728 lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224937018 Followers can sacrifice white fowl on Orie day or white sheep if they're feeling particularly good.  They must buy an earthenware pot, fill it with water from the lake, and place it in their room covered with a white cloth. But above all, they must stay holy.]]> 2018-01-26 05:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224937018 lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224937297 2018-01-26 05:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224937297 lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224937386 A follower of Uhamiri can either have riches or have children.]]> 2018-01-26 05:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224937386 lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224938240 2018-01-26 05:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224938240 lexisbubbles https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224938536 Efuru has the ability to be happy without a child because she is so similar to Uhamiri.]]> 2018-01-26 05:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lexisbubbles/yvke9ms40h2x/wish/224938536