Chukwu
Chukwu is the supreme being of Igbo spirituality. In the Igbo pantheon, Chukwu is the source of all other Igbo deities and is responsible for assigning them their different tasks. The Igbo people believe that all things come from Chukwu (God), who brings the rain necessary for plants to grow and controls everything on Earth and the spiritual world. They believe Chukwu to be an undefinable omnipotent and omnipresent supreme deity that encompasses everything in space and space itself.
Linguistic studies suggest that the name "Chukwu" is a portmanteau of the Igbo words "chi" ("spiritual being") and "ukwu" ("great"). In Nsukka, the supreme being is known as Ezechitoke, among the Western Igbo he is Olisaebuluwa (or Osebuluwa). Other names include Chineke and Obasi di n'elu. Each name emphasizes a different attribute.
Igbo spirituality states chi is the personal god of every Igbo that connects them to Chukwu.
Some scholars suggest that Chukwu evolved over time and was especially influenced by the Arochukwu oracle rather than being a single unchanged belief held uniformly across Igboland from the beginning.
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