A prophecy from an ascending elder’s god that will help the elder lead their clan. They receive it during the ceremony in which they’re named elder of their clan.
Ìsípayá Quotes in Children of Virtue and Vengeance
The Children of Virtue and Vengeance quotes below are all either spoken by Ìsípayá or refer to Ìsípayá. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Eighty-One
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I feel the most sacred gift of Oya beneath my hands, the holy magic of life and death. When the last body breathes again, I stare at the glowing tattoos on my hands.
No Reaper or Healer in history has ever been able to do that.
In our magic, I see the answer. What Oya wanted me to understand all along. If we use the moonstone to bind our lifeforces, we can save the maji from the monarchy’s grasp.
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Ìsípayá Term Timeline in Children of Virtue and Vengeance
The timeline below shows where the term Ìsípayá appears in Children of Virtue and Vengeance. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter Twenty-Five
...this since she was a child, when she and Mama watched a Reaper receive his ìsípayá and ascend.
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...her. Everything else disappears and Zélie sees a teardrop of ashê appear on Oya’s hand—Zélie’s ìsípayá. The teardrop hits Zélie’s palms and she sees a purple ribbon of light, then a...
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Chapter Thirty-Eight
...voices chanting. Zélie sees navy ribbons of light coming from Amari and thinks of her ìsípayá. Suddenly, the vision disappears and the girls fall. The scroll room is back to normal,...
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Chapter Forty-Four
Zélie thinks about the ribbons of light she saw in her ìsípayá. She thinks that she initially thought her ìsípayá showed cênters, but she realizes that Amari’s...
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Chapter Seventy-Three
...shine. In Roën’s heart, she sees a flicker of gold. She thinks back to her ìsípayá and wonders if the purple and gold Oya showed her was herself and Roën. Zélie...
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Chapter Eighty
...doesn’t want to give up. Zélie grabs Tzain’s wrist and he seems to understand: her ìsípayá showed many life forces of different colors; she needs to connect to him and others....
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Chapter Eighty-Four
...Zélie away from Amari’s cell. Mama Agba says that she knows now that during her ìsípayá, she wasn’t looking into the beyond: she was with Zélie and meeting Sky Mother. As...
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