The Lake Goddess

"Protector of women"

"A woman should marry once in her lifetime unless she wants children which her present husband fails to provide"

"Women should marry but we should not make our husbands little gods; we pet them too much and they are like little children"

"Woman’s other name is suffering *Page 13."

"Mgbada’s father was upset by this new religion. He protested thus: ‘What kind of religion preached that one should abandon the worship of one’s ancestors…’ So, before he died, he charged Mgbada: ‘Whatever you do, whatever you become, don’t forget the worship of our ancestors…’"

"Pages 6-7."

"When the gods give us craw-craw, they also give us nails with which to scratch"