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Ancestors & Egungun

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The Egungun represent the collective power of the ancestral dead. Their masquerades are the primary form through which the honored dead return to bless the living. The Egungun society guards the mysteries of death and rebirth.

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Egungun

also: Egungun Alapansanpa

The Returning Dead; Ancestors Who Revisit the Living; The Masquerade of Memory

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Ancestors The dead Ancestral memory Judgment +3 more

Egungun is the sacred embodiment of ancestral power — the masked and costumed form in which the honored dead return to the world of the living to bles

Egungun Alagba

also: Alagba Egungun

The Elder Among the Ancestors; The Ancient Masquerade

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The eldest ancestors Deep ancestral knowledge The origins of the Egungun tradition Masquerade authority

Egungun Alagba is the most senior ancestral masquerade — the eldest, most revered, and most authoritative form of the Egungun tradition.

Egungun Oje

The Egungun Seer; Masquerade That Speaks Prophecy

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The Egungun Seer; Masquerade That Speaks Prophecy

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About Ancestors & Egungun

The Egungun represent the collective power of the ancestral dead. Their masquerades are the primary form through which the honored dead return to bless the living. The Egungun society guards the mysteries of death and rebirth.

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