The origin of the Otamiri deity dates back to the Chukwu bi na Aro. The river God is also know as “Otamiri Ukwu Nwaezeze”. He is the all in all, the bearer of lesser Gods, and has the most elaborate system of worship. He has eight priests (called Ohas) to his service from the eight villages of Ihiagwa and a messenger (called Oga Mbo Mbo i.e. he who goes always).

The royal python which we respect as our sacred taboo are at his disposal. The river God owns the largest and most fearful and almost impenetrable forest – Okeohia (the greatest forest) – as his place of abode and shrine. The sacred royal pythons breed here. Their presence indicates the presence of the all powerful Otamiri from whom our traditional poilitical set-up arose. Otamiri Ukwu Nwaezeze is the bearer of the thunder God (Amadioha), The War God (Opara Ogu), and the lesser divinities. His wife is Nwanyie, the most beautiful. She is the giver of beauty, fertility, life and productivity, the appeaser and the comforter. Her abode, now gone, consist of large and very tall rain forest trees; these symbolise fertility and productivity. The shrine of Nwayie was situated at the South-eastern end of our market – Nkwo-Ukwu. Worship and sacrifice to the great river God is both complicating and complex. The worship when it starts heralds the farming season. This deity is the Chief Deity of the Ihiagwa people. The OTAMIRI DEITY has a close link with the long supreme diety of Arochukwu i.e. the famous and very powerful CHUKWU BI NA ARO. THE OTAMIRI DEITY IS THE FIRST SON OF CHUKWU and this deity has it’s shrine in the Iriamogu village of Ihiagwa autonomous community, while it’s Chief Priest is the Ezeario but at the moment there is no traditional chief priest for this deity
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