Enoch supposedly kills and eats the sacred python, despite his father being the snake-priest.
It was not proven that Enoch killed the Sacred Python in Things Fall Apart nor were his reasons given. His father was the leader of the snake cult, so Enoch may have killed the snake to defy his father. Okoli killed the sacred python in Mbanta.
Supposedly Okoli kills the giant python in Mbanta, and Enoch kills the giant python in Umuofia, although neither of these stories are affirmed.
The sacred python was the idea of the sacred untouchable python in Things Fall Apart, expressed by the Igbo tribe. The python was considered an animal of the gods and was not to be harmed or interfered with.
If someone killed a sacred python accidentally, they would ask forgiveness from the gods and perform an elaborate and expensive burial ceremony as if someone of high title and rank had died. No one is known to have ever killed a sacred python intentionally, though Okoli was rumored to have done so. Also, Oduche, Ezeulu's son in Arrow of God traps a giant python in a box, but does not kill it.
This is never discussed. It may be that Okoli never killed the sacred python. One Church member says that Okoli denied killing the python. Okoli falls sick and dies, so is never able to publicly announce his innocence or guilt.
The Book of Enoch is not considered canon in most major religious texts or traditions, but it is considered sacred by some Ethiopian Orthodox Christians.
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Assuming that asker means Enoch from the story Things Fall Apart and not the Bible, Enoch fell ill with fever and eventually died, leading the tribe to believe that the Gods had killed him as retribution for killing the royal python.
This never happens. No is ever asked to kill the sacred python. To do so intentionally was an unthinkable act. A man who did so unintentionally would have to ask forgiveness of the Goddess of the Earth, and sacrifice and repent.
it show the significance of the python , the ibo people respected the python, treating it like a god. Also , it show us tht Ibo has a strong spirtitual belief that the python is a revered animal.As python is an important animal, there are serious consequences for killing it. this reflects their justice system as they have key point a set of punishment for those who commit this offense
Supposedly, Okoli had killed the sacred python. The village meets to decide what to do about the Christians, and they decide on ostracizing the Christians. The village men drove the Christian women away from the stream, the quarry and the markets. Okoli died that day, and the villagers allowed life to continue without harassing the Christians.
Alfie Enoch's birth name is Alfred Enoch.