“What happened was not “Betrothal” but a “Marriage to a Deity”
The marriage, per the tradition, is what they call an elevation of her spiritual status which could only be carried out in her virginity state. Not when she breaks her virginity.
From what I have gathered from an interview from the Nungua palace, Naa according to their tradition is a mystery child who remained in her mother’s womb for two years so the deity was consulted before she was brought forth.
Second, she sat down for two years without crawling or walking and the deity was consulted. This time it was established fully that she was a reincarnated old woman who headed a Jigwe clan in the Nungua traditional area.
So the deity declared her as a mystery child who had different spiritual ability to carry her clan. It was stated that what happened was not “BETROTHAL” but a “MARRIAGE TO THE DEITY” who is responsible for her birth and her reason to walk.
The marriage, per the tradition, is what they call an elevation of her spiritual status which could only be carried out in her virginity state. Not when she breaks her virginity.
It was also established that the rite to elevate her as a wife was not a “CULTURAL PRACTICE” but a “TRADITIONAL PRACTICE” performed solely for mystery children to elevate their queenship status as wife of the deity.
Since she is the wife, she is entitled to or has 16 houses she owned, lots of servants older than her and is not part of the priest’s wife. She is also not staying with the priest and has a chance to marry any man she wants in her adulthood.
After all the insight I gained, my question also is: How can a person who is married to a deity also marry again? Are the deity’s wives who are mostly from Ashile and Bosom Afi clans have their personal husbands aside the deity marrying them?
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