Agbala

/Ágbàlà/

Gender: m

1. *An entity associated with Chukwu

2. The Shrine or the Oracle of this entity. A dialectal var. of Agbara

*Onwuejeogwu suggests that it has to do with the procreative aspect of Chi. Basden associated it with ọmụmụ which has to do with the fertility in women- this could explain the term "Agbala nwanyi"– An Examination of the Nri-Igbo Concept of CHI in the Light of Oral Traditions (1990) by Ogonna Chibuzo Agu