Ògwùgwù
NounNdebe script
Meanings
a female spirit who gives or withholds husbands and children, and helps men to achieve ambitions such as taking a title
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- Ògùgù
Examples
Nne ya gara Ògwùgwù ịrịọ nwa.
— Her mother went to Ogwugwu to ask for a child.
Ọ̀ bụ Ògwùgwù nyere ya aha?
— Was it Ogwugwu who gave him the title?
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