/ETSAKOR PROVERBS
/ETSAKOR PROVERBS ETSAKOR DIALECT: Alimhi, aimhi obor ( ogor obor ); lor le rer se orai. TRANSLATION: The alimhi deity climbs a tree with the left hand. MEANING: This Proverb is a warning against false worship. It warns against the vanity in such an exercise, since they will be disappointed at judgement; which is often a miscarriage of judgement. LIFE APPLICATION: This Proverb is rich in allusions. It shows that even in the dark ages, there was always light, through the knowledge about the worship of the True God. Here, in Africa and other parts of the world, paganism manifested in many societies; in the form of atheism, animism, spiritualism and many other types of idolatry practices. The word alimhi as it is used in this context; refers to the idolatry worship of a deified ancestral spirits. This type of spiritualism is false worship. 'The Tree' referred to, in the Proverb, means Judgement. And 'climbing the tree means adjudication or the dispensation o...