Amadioha

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Amadioha is a major deity in Igbo traditional religion, revered as the god of thunder, lightning, justice, and moral order.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Amadioha canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Igbo deity ⓘ
deity ⓘ
thunder god ⓘ
associatedWith divine retribution ⓘ
honesty ⓘ
oath-taking ⓘ
rain ⓘ
sky ⓘ
social harmony ⓘ
storm ⓘ
truth ⓘ
category African traditional deity ⓘ
justice deity ⓘ
weather deity ⓘ
considered god of thunder and lightning ⓘ
major deity in Igbo cosmology ⓘ
culture Igbo people ⓘ
domain justice ⓘ
lightning ⓘ
moral order ⓘ
thunder ⓘ
function executor of divine verdicts ⓘ
guardian of communal morality ⓘ
protector of social order ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
invokedFor justice ⓘ
oath enforcement ⓘ
protection from evil ⓘ
vengeance ⓘ
moralFunction avenges broken oaths ⓘ
protects the innocent ⓘ
punishes wrongdoers ⓘ
religion Igbo traditional religion ⓘ
role enforcer of justice ⓘ
upholder of moral order ⓘ
status one of the most important Igbo deities ⓘ
symbol lightning ⓘ
sky ⓘ
thunderbolt ⓘ
typeOfJustice retributive justice ⓘ
worshippedBy Igbo communities ⓘ
worshippedIn southeastern Nigeria ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Igbo → traditionalDeity → Amadioha ⓘ
Odinani → hasDeity → Amadioha ⓘ