Ekwensu Ma'abocin yaudara ne na kabilar Ibo,ruhin rudani,[1] wanda ke aiki a matsayin Alusi (allah) na ciniki da kunkuru.[2] Crafty a ciniki da tattaunawa.Ana kiran sa sau da yawa don jagora a cikin yanayi mai wuyar gaske.Ana ganinsa a matsayin ruhun tashin hankali da ke ingiza mutane su yi ayyukan tashin hankali. Abokin sa shine Ogbunabali.

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Duk da fassarori na zamani,ba a fara ɗaukar Ekwensu a matsayin shaidan ba. Da tashin Kiristanci,’yan mishan da suka zo wakiltar Shaiɗan a matsayin Shaiɗan suka maye gurbin abubuwan da suka fi alheri na allahntaka. Turawa sun rinjayi imaninsu na nagarta da mugunta don su shawo kan Igbo cewa Shaiɗan kamar Shaiɗan ne.[3] Burin tasirin Turawa shi ne su yi wa kabilar Ibo mulkin mallaka cikin sauki,abin da ya tilasta musu su ji tsoron wani abu.[4] Asali,Ekwensu ya kasance ana girmama shi sosai a matsayin daya daga cikin abubuwan bautar wata na alheri.[5]

Igbo ba su yarda da Allah ko Iblis ba,ko sama ko jahannama,ko aljanu ko mala’iku domin ba su da ra’ayi na rarraba tsakanin rundunonin nagarta da muguntaIbo na gargajiya ba sa tunanin Shaidan a matsayin karfin da ke adawa da sauran halittu.Don haka,Ekwensu wata halitta ce da galibi ake danganta ta da muguwar dabi’a amma ba muguwar ɗabi’a irin ta Shaiɗan ba.Sun yi imani da ruhohi waɗanda yanayinsu mai kyau ne ko mara kyau amma suna da abin da ’yan Adam suka sani a matsayin lahira.[6]

Shi ne gwajin gwajin Chukwu,tare da Ani the earth goddess,da Igwe,allahn sama,sune Arusi uku mafi girma na tsohuwar kabilar Ibo.

Duba kuma

gyara sashe
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  2. Kanu,Ikechukwu, Anthony.“The Hellenization of African Traditional Deities: The Case of Ekwensu and Esu.” African Scholar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol.22. No. 6. Sept. 2021. ISSN: 2110-2086.
  3. Ezeh, P-J. “The Ekwensu Semantics and the Igbo Christian Theolinguistics.” Google, Google, 2005, https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=c291dGhzYXhvbnMuY29tfGJlcnJ 5fGd4OjMyMDg0MzNlMjA2Mzg5NTg.
  4. Ndubisi, Ejikemeuwa J. O. PhD. “The Notion of Satan.Ekwensu.” OWIJOPPA, 25 Apr. 2020.
  5. Enugu, Discover. “How Evil Is Ekwensu?” Medium, 17 Nov. 2019, https://discoverenugu.medium.com/how-evil-is-ekwensu-23cb43786224
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