The Codex · Akala glossary
Mmuonwu
Tier 3Masquerades are popular social expressions, often used to represent spiritual archetypes in physical forms. They are popular with secret societies and orders around the Ogbi kingdom. They are also a means of depersonalization and are often employed in war through the wearing of masks.
Mmuownu
Mmuo + Onwu \= Essence (aura) + Beyond/dead \= Spirit
Where else Mmuonwu is spoken
In the novel · 2
In the Odinani deck · 24
- Uwa Mbu — the First World
- First arrivals on earth
- The origin of death
- The four cosmic ages (Uga)
- Chi
- The fourfold soul
- Reincarnation — Ilo Uwa
- Dreams — Nro
- The Four Baskets myth — how Agwu became head of all
- Etymology and definition
- Classification
- Feats of the Dibia
- The other Igbo experts (ch.3 catalogue)
- Ogwu
- Aja — sacrifice
- Numerology 1–10
- Sacred geometry & motifs
- Iji Ala — sacred geodesy
- Duality
- Practices
- God, Chi & Spirit
- From the Igbo prayer corpus
- Ogwu axioms
- Time, change, mortality