Igbo African Serpent God: Njaba / Njawa by Sirius Ugo Art

Njaba is the patron ancestral God of the people of Njaba in Igboland. He is known as a God that manifest himself as a python snake. Just as Idemili is the patron python Goddess of the people of Idemili, this is how Njaba is the patron God of the people of Isu Njaba. It is forbidden to harm or kill a python in Njaba, likewise in Idemili. Various clans in Igboland that use the python as a totem does not allow the killing or harming of a python because the python is a harmless snake and a beautiful reptile. People of Njaba believe that the python is harmless. Both in Idemili and Njaba, if you kill a python, you'll have to conduct a funeral for the snake, and it must be buried like a human being. The God Njaba is the father of Pythons, and he is an embodiment of the Igbo earth God. Python is a major Igbo totem, because it is very sacred to the Igbo earth Goddess Ala / Ana / Eke Nwe Ohia.

The Kush Kemet earth God known as Geb is a possible embodiment of Njaba, because Geb is pronounced as JAB. JAB = NJABA. GEB was also manifested as the father of snakes.