Ala
Culture & Region
Igbo (Nigeria)
Time Period
c. Pre-colonial to present
Domains
Earthfertilitymoralitydeathunderworldlawharvest
Symbols & Animals
Earthyamcrescent moonchildpython
Sacred Sites & Cult Centers
- Igboland (shrines/mbari houses)
Key Myths & Stories
Earth goddess; receives dead; enforces moral law; most important Igbo deity; mother figure
Related Deities
≈ Gaia/Demeter (earth/fertility); moral arbiter