 Much of these are related to personal chi, cults, and ancestral worship.Ala (meaning 'earth' and 'land' in Igbo, also "Ájá-ànà") is the feminine earth spirit who is responsible for morality, fertility and the dead ancestors who are stored in the underworld in her womb.Ala is at the head of the Igbo pantheon, maintaining order and carrying out justice against wrongdoers.