the-messengers

5 animals believed to bring bad luck

Owls Owls are often considered messengers of the dead and their talons, skulls, bones, feathers, meat, and blood are used for black magic. They are also viewed as harbingers of bad luck and death.

Why are there so many strange birds in Edo State, Nigeria?

These birds were thought to be messengers and vigilant watchmen over the land. They bring much information to the Oba and signify the Oba's knowledge of his realm and his capacity for communication and mediation with the ancestors.

Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi Biography and Profile

Lindqvist states that Ovonramwen's messengers issued several warnings not to violate Benin territorial sovereignty, claiming he was unable to see Phillips due to ceremonial duties and that despite being warned on several further occasions on
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