tutelary deity

Noun

 * 1)  A deity, usually minor, serving as a tutelary (guardian or supporter) for a place, person, group, or activity.
 * 2) * 1963, G[william] I[wan] Jones, “The Eastern Delta State at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century”, in The Trading States of the Oil Rivers: A Study of Political Development in Eastern Nigeria, London: Published for the by,  1193785 ; reprinted as The Trading States of the Oil Rivers: A Study of Political Development in Eastern Nigeria: New Introduction by John C. McCall, 2nd edition, Hamburg: ; London: James Currey Publishers by arrangement with the International African Institute, 2000, ISBN 978-3-8258-4778-4 (Germany); ISBN 978-0-85255-918-5 (UK) , page 70:
 * The war deity was Fenibcso who was regarded as the spirit of a warrior who feared neither god nor man. The  war deity was also its tutelary deity Ogidiga. Kalabari differed from all the other states in having a female tutelary deity, Owame Akaso, who prohibited homicide within her community. Her cult thus provided a very powerful sanction against civil disturbances.
 * 1) * 1963, G[william] I[wan] Jones, “The Eastern Delta State at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century”, in The Trading States of the Oil Rivers: A Study of Political Development in Eastern Nigeria, London: Published for the by,  1193785 ; reprinted as The Trading States of the Oil Rivers: A Study of Political Development in Eastern Nigeria: New Introduction by John C. McCall, 2nd edition, Hamburg: ; London: James Currey Publishers by arrangement with the International African Institute, 2000, ISBN 978-3-8258-4778-4 (Germany); ISBN 978-0-85255-918-5 (UK) , page 70:
 * The war deity was Fenibcso who was regarded as the spirit of a warrior who feared neither god nor man. The  war deity was also its tutelary deity Ogidiga. Kalabari differed from all the other states in having a female tutelary deity, Owame Akaso, who prohibited homicide within her community. Her cult thus provided a very powerful sanction against civil disturbances.

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 * Ancient Greek: δαίμων
 * Irish: sprid chaomhnaithe, ginias
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