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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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