 She's a symbol of morality who sanctioned "omenala" Igbo customs from which these moral and ethical behaviours are upheld in Igbo society.Ala is the ground itself, and for this reason taboos and crimes are known as "ńsọ́ Ala" ('desecration of Ala'), all land is holy as the embodiment of Ala making her the principal legal sanctioning authority.Prohibitions include murder, suicide, theft, incest, and abnormalities of birth such as in many places the birth of twins and the killing and eating of pregnant animals, if a slaughtered animal is found to be pregnant sacrifices are made to Ala and the foetus is buried.