EXPLORING MYTHS: A KEY TO UNDERSTANDING IGBO CULTURAL VALUES
EXPLORING MYTHS: A KEY TO UNDERSTANDING IGBO CULTURAL VALUES

Summary/Abstract: Although the cultural values of the Igbo of South-East Nigeria are multiple and di-verse, research seems to have identified a seminal link between most of them to the much touted sense of communality. In communality, the sheer strength and vivacity of the Igbo spirit is magnificently showcased, and in it there is a concrete as-semblage of the Igbo mythology. In this paper the Igbo myths of the origin of mankind and death are explored to evaluate their rich meaning-contents, their significant influence on the religious-cultural, and, in consequence, the whole gamut of the traditional people’s worldview was duly x-rayed. In conclusion, observations were presented which indicate that even the contemporary Igbo pathways are not bereft of the daunting influences of ancient myths.

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