Post by snowdragon on Aug 3, 2007 12:07:24 GMT -5
Pantheon of Gods
AFRICA
Abassi (Nigeria/Efik): creator who placed the first couple on earth
Abuk (Sudan/Dinka): the first woman; she emerged from a pot with her husband Garang
Adu Ogyinae (Ashanti): the first man; he led people to the surface of the earth
Ala (Nigeria/Ibo): supreme mother goddess; daughter of Chuku
Amma (Mali/Dogon): supreme god who created the sun and moon
Anansi (West Africa): trickster spider
Cagn (Southwestern/Bushmen): the supreme creator
Chuku (Nigeria/Ibo): supreme being and creator deity
Deng (Sudan/Dinka): sky god; bringer of rain and fertility
Efik (Kenya/Abaluyia): creator god; father of the sun and moon
Gawana (Southwestern/Bushmen): leader of the spirits of the dead; opponent to Cagn
Gu (Dahomey/Fon): smith god; son of Mawu-Liza
Kintu (Sudan/Dinka): the first man and the founder of the Dinka
Lebe (Mali/Dogon): the first ancestor to die, thereby bringing life to mankind
Mawu-Liza (Leza)(Dahomey/Fon): the first deity; either androgynous or male and female twins
Nan Buluku (Dahomey/Fon): primeval creator god who engendered Mawu-Liza
Ngewo (Sierra Leone/Mende): primal deity present in natural phenomena
Nummo (Mali/Dogon): primeval man and woman produced by Amma
Ogun (Nigeria/Yoruba): god of iron and war
Olokun (Nigeria/Yoruba): sea god who caused a deluge
Olorun (Nigeria/Yoruba): the supreme creator deity
Osun (Nigeria/Yoruba): the power of love and sensuality
Sagbata (Dahomey/Fon): god of smallpox
Sogbo (Dahomey/Fon): god of thunder lightning and fire; son of Mawu and brother of Sagbata
Unkullunkulu (South africa/Zulus): supreme deity who created the first people from grass.
Yemonja (Nigeria/Yoruba): great goddess; daughter of the sea
AFRICA
Abassi (Nigeria/Efik): creator who placed the first couple on earth
Abuk (Sudan/Dinka): the first woman; she emerged from a pot with her husband Garang
Adu Ogyinae (Ashanti): the first man; he led people to the surface of the earth
Ala (Nigeria/Ibo): supreme mother goddess; daughter of Chuku
Amma (Mali/Dogon): supreme god who created the sun and moon
Anansi (West Africa): trickster spider
Cagn (Southwestern/Bushmen): the supreme creator
Chuku (Nigeria/Ibo): supreme being and creator deity
Deng (Sudan/Dinka): sky god; bringer of rain and fertility
Efik (Kenya/Abaluyia): creator god; father of the sun and moon
Gawana (Southwestern/Bushmen): leader of the spirits of the dead; opponent to Cagn
Gu (Dahomey/Fon): smith god; son of Mawu-Liza
Kintu (Sudan/Dinka): the first man and the founder of the Dinka
Lebe (Mali/Dogon): the first ancestor to die, thereby bringing life to mankind
Mawu-Liza (Leza)(Dahomey/Fon): the first deity; either androgynous or male and female twins
Nan Buluku (Dahomey/Fon): primeval creator god who engendered Mawu-Liza
Ngewo (Sierra Leone/Mende): primal deity present in natural phenomena
Nummo (Mali/Dogon): primeval man and woman produced by Amma
Ogun (Nigeria/Yoruba): god of iron and war
Olokun (Nigeria/Yoruba): sea god who caused a deluge
Olorun (Nigeria/Yoruba): the supreme creator deity
Osun (Nigeria/Yoruba): the power of love and sensuality
Sagbata (Dahomey/Fon): god of smallpox
Sogbo (Dahomey/Fon): god of thunder lightning and fire; son of Mawu and brother of Sagbata
Unkullunkulu (South africa/Zulus): supreme deity who created the first people from grass.
Yemonja (Nigeria/Yoruba): great goddess; daughter of the sea