The Codex · Akala glossary
Amadioha
Tier 3Amadioha is the conception of the all-knowing mind, able to confer value and judgement to all things. He is represented with a ram's head to symbolise willpower, and lightning to signify action. Amadioha is sometimes referred to as Ikenga Chuwku – the will of the Great Energy (God). Living in accordance with the light of Amadioha is believed to be the way to enlightenment.
Amadioha
Ama + Di + Oha \= Knowledge + Master + People \= The Master Knowledge of the People.
The cosmology behind the name
Amadioha
Deities & Spirits · T2
Lightning "god"; folk etymology Ama-di-oha — "the all-knowing master of the people," righteous judge. T2 essay reads lightning as simultaneously punishment, illumination and mercy — and asks where the reward is: an incomplete picture without love.
Read it in the Odinani deck →Where else Amadioha is spoken
In the novel · 15
- Words From The Great Ape Men
- Do Pig-Men Dream?
- To Name A Dream
- When Brothers Fight
- Man And His Symbols
- Spells and Language
- The Grey Wedding Pt. 2
- Writings On The Stones From the Great Ape Men
- There Was A Kingdom
- A Scapegoat
- When Brothers Fight Pt. 2
- The Hour of Judgment
- On The Road Back
- The Tale of Eze Eri: First of The Nzes
- Kill Now, Die Later