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Some African Gods and Goddesses Akan Brekyirihunuade, all-knowing, all-seeing God Kwaku Ananse, trickster Ashanti Anansi, a trickster who can take the form of a human, a spider, or a combination of the two. Asase Ya, Fertility Goddess, Earth Bia, violence Yoruba Babalu Aye, God of illness and disease Eshu, divine messenger, God of crossroads Nana, Goddess of creation, sky mother, moon Goddess Obatala, father of humankind Ogoun, God of iron, war, labour, and technology Olorun, creator of the universe, sky father Orunmila, God of wisdom, divination, foresight Oshun, Goddess of rivers, love, fertility, art Oxossi, hunter and scout Oya, Goddess of wind, hurricanes, the gates of the Underworld Shango, warrior god of thunder, fire, sky father Iemanja, mother goddess, goddess of the sea, mother of humankind Ozain, owns the sacred herbs that create a holy liquid. All saints and ceremonies require it. He is a healer God as well. Agayu, God of volcanoes and the desert Osun, ruler of the head
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