What does "ngozi" mean in chiShona culture?

[Numero Uno]

Can y'all define for me what ngozi means?

 

[Queen]

MuChivanhu ngozi is a spirit of vengeance which awakens in retribution i.e. the spirit of a dead person who was murdered in cold blood (munhu akapondwa). This avenging spirit will torment the perpetrator's family until a traditional custom of kuripa ngozi takes place, or alternatively, a controversial cultural practice of kurasira ngozi is done.

 

[Black Panther]

Ngozi can be defined as mweya, mhepo (or spirit) that will come back to haunt the entire family of a person who takes the life of another individual usually in a savage way.

 

[Numero Uno]

Ngozi can be defined as mweya, mhepo (or spirit) that will come back to haunt the entire family of a person who takes the life of another individual usually in a savage way.

So what's the difference between ngozi and a demon. Don't demons torment people?

 

[Black Panther]

So what's the difference between ngozi and a demon. Don't demons torment people?

Ngozi isn't a spirit of benevolence instead it is simply an avenging spirit, but demons can be both benevolent and savage too.

 

[Bla Jedza]

muChivanhu "ngozi" is a spirit of vengeance which awakens in retribution i.e. the spirit of a dead person who was murdered in cold blood.

This avenging spirit will torment the perpetrator's family until a traditional custom of "kuripa ngozi" takes place, or alternatively a ritual of "kurasira ngozi" is done.

How is the ritual of kurasira ngozi done muChivanhu?

 

[Queen]

How is the ritual of 'kurasira ngozi' done muChivanhu?

Kurasira ngozi is a means of shifting the focus of an avenging spirit by putting it into another medium such as livestock.

Obviously, the entire point of this act is to get rid of ngozi, where if a random person comes across that particular livestock that carries the ngozi spirit and he slaughters it for food, the avenging spirit will then be passed on to him or her.

 

[Bla Jedza]

Kurasira ngozi is a means of shifting the focus of an avenging spirit by putting it into another medium such as livestock.

Obviously, the entire point of this act is to get rid of ngozi, where if a random person comes across that particular livestock that carries the ngozi spirit and he slaughters it for food, the avenging spirit will then be passed on to him or her.

That sounds like witchcraft.

 

[Queen]

That sounds like witchcraft.

When I told y'all oans the other day that muChivanhu there is both operative magick and divining magick y'all were in denial though.

 

[Borrowdale Barron]

Ngozi isn't a spirit of benevolence instead it is simply an avenging spirit, but demons can be both benevolent and savage too.

Your last point doesn't it apply to mashavi as well?

 

[Black Panther]

Your last point doesn't it apply to mashavi as well?

It does because muChivanhu there are two types of mashavi:

1. mashavi akaipa
2. mashavi akanaka

On the contrary, muchiKristu there are no mashavi regarded as benevolent except they are all grouped into one category as demons.

 

[Bla Jedza]

It does because muChivanhu there are two types of mashavi (or mashave):

1. mashavi akaipa
2. mashavi akanaka

On the contrary, muchiKristu there are no mashavi regarded as benevolent except they are all grouped into one category as demons.

Saka kuvarungu kunewo mashavi here?

 

[Queen]

Saka kuvarungu kunewo mashavi here?

Yes, and it goes way back in ancient times when they used to call them daemons.

So mashavi and daemons are sort of the same in the sense that we know them muChivanhu.

 

[Scorpio]

Saka kuvarungu kunewo mashavi here?

Mashavi ndiwo ainzi nema Greeks ma daemons ("pagan spirits").

 

[Borrowdale Barron]

So what's the difference between ngozi and a demon. Don't demons torment people?

Hanty ngozi only comes after a murder so there is a difference.

 

[Bla Jedza]

What about Satanists who do rituals don't they face ngozi later on?

 

[Queen]

What about Satanists who do rituals don't they face ngozi later on?

It seems you are using the word "Satanist" as a broad term here. It's not all people who are Satanists in Zimbabwe that are also into practical stuff. Some people are just "clout-chasing Satanists" for the purpose of shock value. But to answer your question, what they do is they perform the ritual within a circle or a triangle to trap the energy so that it won't escape.

 

[Bla Jedza]

What's the difference between zvidhoma and chikwambo?

 

[Scorpio]

What's the difference between zvidhoma and chikwambo?

Zvidhoma zvivana zvevaroyi (or witches) that are spiritually raised through practical magick at graves and zvinoshandiswa kuroya.

Chikwambo is different mostly in usage because it's not utilized primarily for nocturnal purposes of kuroya husiku but for making money in business hupfumi, kuita mbiri, etc.

Munhu ane chikwambo doesn't really mean munhu anoda zvekuroya manhingi.

Asi munhu ane chidhoma chake then munhu iyeye muroyi—last number!

 

[Bla Jedza]

Okay, now those stories about some Zimdancehall artists in Zimbabwe who are often said to use juju how does that work out?