''Darkness held a vague terror for these people,even the bravest among them.Children were warned not to whistle at night for fear of evil spirits. Dangerous animals became even more sinister and uncanny in the dark. A ear knowing what the snake was never called by its name at night, because it would hear. It was called a string.''
This quote brings out a fact that the people of Ibo were very superstitious and therefore gave credit to certain beliefs and notions based on what they presumed to occur .They lived in fear knowing that certain events could be foretold by specific unrelated prior events such as the appearance of evil spirits should a person whistle at night. Accepting these these beliefs and abiding by the do's and donts had nothing to do with a person's physical strength or ability.Rebelling or acting in contrast to those notions resulted in inevitable consequences.
A figure representing the mami-wata water spirit of the Igbo believed to bring both wealth and loss of fertility to her lovers and followers.
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