Night
The Ibo people are afraid of the night. they think that the night time is when the evil spirits come. Even the strong men are afraid of the dark. They tell the children not to whistle at night because they believe the evil spirits will come out. Also, they believe that all of the dangerous animals become more dangerous in the night. The village won't even call a snake by its name at night because they think it would hear. They are so Superstitious that the Ibo people live in fear in the night time.
(Chapter 2)
Ogbanje
The ogbanje is another wicked superstition. It is when children die at en early age, and then re-enter the mother's womb to be born again and die at a young age another time. They think that is it the evil spirit of the child that just comes in the form of many different infants. (Chapter 9)
The Week Of Peace
The Ibo people believe in the week of peace, which is exactly as it is called, a week of peace in the community. During this week there is no fighting between man to man, or man to woman. They believe that if the week of peace is broken than their crops that they plant will fail for the rest of the year. Also during this week, no work is done, this week is solely for being peaceful to neighbors and family and hoping that the crops turn out well.
Oracle
The Oracle of the Hills which is also Agbala. The Agbala is a women who gets possessed by the spirit when the people come to talk the oracle. When people have troubles they go to the oracle and ask for advice from Agbala. The people will then listen to the advice given to them by the oracle and follow it because they believe that the oracle is very wise.
beliefs and superstitions are central to the villagers. Ikemefuna is murdered when the Oracle commands. The order is not questioned. Ibierika tries to warn Okonkwo against being the one who kills Ikemefuna and suggests that the gods will be angry with him, but Okonkwo does not listen to his friend’s advice
• it was believed that twins were ogbanje or possessed by an evil spirit. Such children were taken and left in the Evil Forest to die • the death of important clansmen, such as Ezeudu, was announced with the sound of a drum and the firing of cannon
• the rites of passage are based on tradition, respect and veneration of the gods. After killing Ezeudu’s son, Okonkwo’s compound is burnt down and his animals are killed to please the gods.
• Nigerian society respect their elders and fathers, which is lacking in Okonkwo’s case
honour in Igbo culture and traditions is highly valued. In tribal tradition, the unmasking of an egwugwu results in the death of the ancestral spirit