Urenma (The River Goddess)

A love story between a river goddess and a human.

But everything comes with a price.

Urenma must be willingly to pay the price.

But as times goes on a secret was revealed that has been kept for thousands of years

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Episodes
    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 1

    • it was the time long before European ships ventured into Africa. In the small town of Ukeh, amongst the igbos, myths and legends abounded. Nwangele River was the big deal in this t...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 2

    • After ages had passed and the pain of the people Ukeh over the loss of many of its sons and daughters-children of the gods who were born as men- had dulled, a princess of the river...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 3

    • While Ukeh and the villages around them waited with bathed breath to know who Okeke would give his daughter to as wife, Urenma had a fatal accident- she found love. One day Urenma ...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 4

    • The energy and excitement of her new found love could not let her sleep much that night long before her usual time of waking up, she woke and began to sweep her father’s comp...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 5

    • When the signal came, he didn’t run towards his opponent to bring him down, he waited for him to come for him. The young wrestler disdainfully sized up Obinze and spit in his...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 6

    • The atmosphere was tense; the crowd was terrified for Obinze. Some females admires covered their faces, they didn’t want to see Obinze beaten black and blue. Uzokwe a man of ...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 7

    • By mid-day, when all hunters had returned from the forest, the six hunters who had attacked Obinze were missing. A search party of young warriors was sent into the forest of Ukeh t...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 8

    • Obinze took two sharp blades from his collection and gave one to his wife and they left for the village square where a mammoth crowd had gathered. Obinze and Urenma did not walk li...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 9

    • “The condition is grave, my lords. Why can’t you strip me of my powers and thereby take this curse far from me?” “You are the first princess of the gods to ...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 10

    • Obinze took two sharp blades from his collection and gave one to his wife and they left for the village square where a mammoth crowd had gathered. Obinze and Urenma did not walk li...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 11

    • It also became common knowledge that Urenma was a child of the gods. Men quickly contrived stories that Nwangele River had refused to take her back when she was born because the go...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 12

    • For two years Obinze searched from land to land to find medince men who were powerful enough to help him cross into the river world. At this time fables were told of men like Ojadi...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 13

    • “Where is this man now?” asked elder god Nshaa. “He is chained in my shrine. He has turned into a beast”. “Why did you turn him to a beast?” &ld...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 14

    • FLASHBACK: THE MOMENT OBINZE LANDED IN THE RIVER WORLD The elder gods were in a meeting discussing how to present to Urenma the calamity which befall Obinze. They wanted ...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 15

    • When the battle was over, the five sabre-toothed monsters were all lying impotent on the ground and Obinze was badly lacerated. He was deeply torn open by the bits and claws of the...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 16

    • FLASHBACK: WHEN THE EMISSARIES RETURNED “Akputa has rebelled aganist us my lords. He refused to give us Obinze’s head. We want to leave now to bring both thei...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 17

    • But then the voice spoke to him again “Turn back and go left!” Obinze turned and began to run to the direction. Having left the dungeon and met army of spirits. There w...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 18

    • THE DUNGEON OF ROGUE SPIRITS Obinze is standing before a monuntainous beast, Utebe. Before this monster being, Obinze looked like a thong of broom wielding a tooth pick f...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 19

    • When the elder gods saw that the event which they had for ageless time been trying to stop was about to begin, they swung into the battle and brought the whole madness to a halt. W...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 20

    • The entire land of Ukeh knew that someday the two children would achieve greater things than their parents. But in the meantime they were awed by the thunderstorm which removed Ure...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 21

    • “I am Olachi the daughter of Obinze and Urenma the princess of the gods! My brother has spoken well. When he makes his match upon the river world, I shall be by his side! Don...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 22

    • “I am Olachi the daughter of Obinze and Urenma the princess of the gods! My brother has spoken well. When he makes his match upon the river world, I shall be by his side! Don...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 23

    • Thank you @Belladiva54 @Olaleyeadedamola @Peacejohn @Oluwadaremojisola @Lillynabz @Preciousisaac @Ronke @Ireneavworo  This chapter is  especially dedicated to y...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 24

    • @Olaleyeadedamola @Preciousisaac @Belladiva54 @Ireneavworo @Peacejohn @Ronke @Oluwadaremojisola @Lilynabz This chapter is dedicated to you again. Thanks for you...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 25

    • These chapter are for you @Abigailedos and @Belladiva54 Abeg till tomorrow ******************************************* Back in their hut he woke Olach...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 26

    • The dammed spirits of the river world were far more dangerous than the rouge spirits who dwelt in caves amongst the pure spirits of the river world. They were considered a menace, ...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 27

    • THE CHALLENGE In Ukeh the emissaries of the gods had begun to sound out men who would support their cause. The rumour mill was rife with a man coming from afar with the h...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 28

    • WAR OF THE RIVER WORLD Though everything was planned to work against her and the princesses of the gods, there was however one detail Nshaa and the elder gods missed. The...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 29

    • When Urenma turned to charge her children to be strong and did not see them, she knew they were up to something stupid. They were her children after all. Alerting her husband to th...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 30

    • ANCIENT SECRETS CONTINUES…… With some measure of pomp and grandeur, Urenma was ushered in to see Nshaa. She could tell Nshaa had worked out a scheme to win ...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 31

    • Finally Urenma stirred from the floor and stood to her feet. From the crown of her head to the soles to her feet, she was decked in pure gold. The rage in her eyes against Nshaa ha...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 32

    • Nshaa continued “She can single handedly clear a field of fighting men and spirits with the wave of her hand” The insane shouting continued “Ukeh is naked! Obinze...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 33

    • Happy to hear that he could be healed, he pressed Ijele. “Please get on with it, I want to go after my wife and children”. “No, you can’t do that! Even I Ij...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 34

    • ALA UPAH Ala Upah was filled with pitch darkness and was weakly illuminated by a lame moonlight which hung in the sky like a maltreated house-boy. In an hut, Obiakor and ...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 35

    • Many did not understand what Obinze said, but there were those who ran home. They could not understand how the river world could bring back a dead man to fight Obinze. Others remai...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 36

    • As Ojadili tried to break free, Obinze shouted, “Brother! This is my time, my generation and my land! Now be gone to where you came from!” He crashed his head into Ojad...
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    • Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 37

    • When Nshaa thought he had seen it all, a shout was heard, it was an unmistakable shout. Nshaa knew the voice and the people of Ukeh knew it also. Urenma was back! Like a lightening...
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