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Ehi (spirit)

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Ehi ko innde ruuhu neɗɗo e nder yoga e diineeji Afrik hirnaange, haa teeŋti noon e nder Edo-State Nigeria e Benin. Ehi firti ko "Genius, Authority, Faith",[1] kono kadi firti ko "maleyka" e won e ɗemɗe Naajeeriya kadi ina firta ruuhu jogiiɗo neɗɗo, nannduɗo e maleyka gardinooɗo. Yanti heen, Ehi firti ko "dokkal" e ɗemngal Idoma leydi Najeriya.

Ehi ko komponent neɗɗo heddii e laamɗo toowɗo Osa. Ehi neɗɗo ina ardoo ɓe e nder nguurndam maɓɓe e nder agbon, walla aduna jawdi, tawa ina jokkondiri e ruuhuuji goɗɗi e nder erinmwin, walla aduna ruuhuuji.[2] Ehi ina heddii e neɗɗo oo e nder ñalawma, ina hoota ngam humpitaade Osa jamma.[3] Ehi ina yiyee ko no kulhuli e nder nokkuuji hirnaange Afrik e "eɓɓoore moƳƳere" ɗo heewɓe cikkata wonde ŋakkeende nafoore ina waawi tuubineede e Ehi jogaade gorko.Ehi ina wiyee "sakkanaade sahaa kala" ngam yettude nafoore walla ngam ardaade e nder sahaaji caɗtuɗi.[4] Bradbury wiyi e maggal, "Ko ɓadtii no neɗɗo e ehi mum nii, ɓe cikkata ko ɓe gollotooɓe e ndimaagu, ɗum noon ina waawi wonde luural hakkunde maɓɓe. Ehi ina foti, e ɗuum, jogaade sifaa no feewi no tagooje goɗɗe ɗe ngonaa tagooje nii, tawa kadi waasde waɗde ɗum ina addana ɗum en caɗeele.

  1. Jacobs, Joseph; Nutt, Alfred Trübner; Wright, Arthur Robinson; Crooke, William (1969). Folklore. Folklore Society. p. 218. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  2. Ehi is a component of a person that remains with the supreme deity Osa or Uvhi, it can also be seen as Princess of life and spirit in palace. A person's ehi guides them through their life in the agbon, or material world, while interacting with other spirits in the erinmwin, or spirit world.
  3. A Concise Dictionary Of The Bini Language Of Southern Nigeria. Taylor & Francis. p. 51. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  4. Okpewho, Isidore (1998). Once Upon a Kingdom: Myth, Hegemony, and Identity. Indiana University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-253-21189-7. Retrieved 5 February 2013.