Iyi-uwa is the concealed object, often described as a special stone, that binds an ogbanje spirit to the cycle of repeated birth and death within a family. In Igbo belief, the ogbanje returns to the same lineage as long as the iyi-uwa remains hidden and intact. When a dibia or family succeeds in locating and destroying it, the spirit is believed to lose the power to return.
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Mythology· Codex · Spirit
Iyi-uwa
Igbo · West Africa
