Igbo
Kalabari · numen · Kalabari traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Igbo is one of the water-people danced by the Ekine society, characterised in his masquerade as a handsome but idle and good-for-nothing aristocrat, a preening dandy among the owu. Each of the water-spirit plays presents a distinct human or animal character, and Igbo supplies the type of the vain highborn man; his name is that of a water-spirit and is not connected with the neighbouring Igbo people. Like his fellow spirits he is entertained in his turn within the fixed order of the Ekine festival cycle.
Parentage
- parent: TamunoRobin Horton, 'The Kalabari World-View,' Africa 32:3 (1962), pp. 197-220. (secondary)
Domains
- water and rivers
- wealth and status
Powers
- parades as a preening highborn dandy
Relations
- parent: TamunoRobin Horton, 'The Kalabari World-View,' Africa 32:3 (1962), pp. 197-220. (secondary)
- companion: AdumuRobin Horton, 'The Kalabari Ekine Society,' Africa 33:2 (1963), pp. 94-114. (secondary)
- companion: OtoboRobin Horton, 'The Kalabari Ekine Society,' Africa 33:2 (1963), pp. 94-114. (secondary)
- companion: NgbulaRobin Horton, 'The Kalabari Ekine Society,' Africa 33:2 (1963), pp. 94-114. (secondary)
Sources
- Igbo is a Kalabari water-spirit of the Ekine cycle portrayed as a handsome, idle aristocratic dandy.: Robin Horton, 'The Kalabari Ekine Society,' Africa 33:2 (1963), pp. 94-114. (secondary)