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===Mmuo and minor gods===
Mmụọ is a broad class of minor gods and spirits or divinities manifesting in natural elements under the class of elder divinities with major cults. Feminine mmụọ inhabit earth and water and masculine mmụọ inhabit fire and air.<ref name="agbadiere"/> This class can be broken down by the ''Arusi'', serviceable mmụọ, ''àgwụ'' are related to unusual and deranged human behaviours, these spirits interact with human in a capricious nature that often makes them dangerous.<ref name="agbadiere"/><ref name="nwaorgu2001">{{cite book |first=Andrew E. |last=Nwaorgu |title=Cultural symbols: the Christian perspective |publisher=T' Afrique International Association |pages=92–95 |year=2001 |isbn=9780529020}}</ref> Other cult deities exist around Igboland such as [[Njoku Ji]], yam and fire deity overseeing agriculture, Idemili, 'the pillar of water', the female Arusi based in [[Idemili North]] and [[Idemili South|South]] who holds up the waters, and Mbatuku the 'bringer of wealth' or 'coming in of wealth'.<ref name="cole1982"/><ref name="uzukwu2012"/> In addition to minor spirits there are evil wondering spirits of wrong doers called ''ogbonuke''.<ref name="chigere2001"/>

Among the Mmuo are:

* Mbatuku: spirit of wealth
* Ikoro: drum spirit
* Ekwu: heart spirit or spirit of the home
* Imo miri: river spirit<ref>Slattery, Katharine [http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofEnglish/imperial/nigeria/religion.htm "Religion and the Igbo People"], ''Queen's University of Belfast'', Belfast, April 03, 2010</ref>
* Okwara-afo: for Nkwerre people in Imo state is god of mercantile activities
* Aju-mmiri: sea-goddess in Nkwerre is goddess of prosperity, fertility and general well-being.
* Ogbuide: goddess of the water associated with the [[Oguta]] people.
* Urashi and Enyija: god of the river
* Ezenwaanyi/Owummiri: Female Water Spirit, Mermaid, Seductress