Chi


 * Chi** by: Alan Valencia

Igbo is a religion whose basic concept is the belief of a supreme spirit or a force of creation. The word Chi means God and there are many different phrases using this word. The list below will show some.

- Chi n Eke: God the creator - Chi na Eke: God and the creator -Chi na-Eke: God who creates - Chi n'Eke: God in the morning of creation - Chi nne Eke: God, mother of creation

Chi has many forms such as the one that protects the dead or the supreme spirit and the animating spirit. The last two stated have the same name so now they have different names to avoid confusion. The reason for there being many words for God is because the amount of words in the language and also because of the different dialects.There are also many other ways of saying Chi in the many regions of Africa. It is stated that Chi is genderless. The Europeans tried to change some of this by saying there is a physical Heaven but to the Igbo, there is not.







Sources: http://kwenu.com/odinani/chineke.htm http://joanohmcgregor.com/ESW/Images/gliLARGEDanceofTheNatureSpirits.jpg?xcache=1747 http://www.globalclimatescam.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/creation-hands.jpg http://nigeriansabroadlive.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/map_nigeria.gif