List of African deities

List of African deities

*Jeebo
*Jengu - (Sawa) deity of water spirits (also, the name for the water spirits themselves)
*Mami Wata - Goddess of Beauty (one of the water spirits); Accompanied by a snake and wealth.
*Waaq - (Ororomo) Single supreme and universal deity (creator of day and night)
*Amlak (Ethiopian)
*Jah - A name for God (Rastafari)
*Ngai - Supreme god, lives on the holy mountain Kirinyaga (Mount Kenya). (Maasai)
*Mwari - (Shona people of Zimbabwe)
*Nyadenga - (Shona people of Zimbabwe)
*Musikavanhu - "The Creator" (Shona people of Zimbabwe)

Akan

*Brekyirihunuade, "he who knows and sees everything."
*Kwaku Ananse, a trickster god.


= Ashanti =

*Anansi - Depicted in numerous forms: a spider, a human or combinations thereof. Known as a trickster.
*Asase Ya - Earth goddess of fertility
*Bia - Personification of violence
*Nyame - Means "God" in the ashanti language.


= Dahomey =

*Agé
*Ayaba
*Da
*Gbadu
*Gleti
*Gu
*Lisa
*Loko
*Mawu
*Nana Buluku
*Sakpata
*Sogbo
*Xevioso
*Zinsi
*Zinsu


= Efik =

*Abassi
*Atai


= Igbo =

*Aha Njoku
*AlaAmadioha


= Khoikhoi =

*Gamab
*Heitsi-eibib
*Tsui'goab


= Lugbara =

*Adroa
*Adroanzi

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*Mantis
*Prishiboro


= Lotuko =

*Ajok

Pygmy

*Arebati
*Khonvoum
*Tore


= Tumbuka =

*Chiuta

Yoruba

*Babalu Aye - deity of disease and illness.
*Eshu messenger between human and divine, god of crossroads
*Nana - female deity of creation, sky mother, associated with the moon.
*Obatala father of orishas and humankind
*Ogoun deity of iron, war, labour, and technology
*Olorun creator of the universe, sky father
*Orunmila - deity of wisdom, divination and foresight
*Oshun goddess of rivers, love, fertility, and art
*Oxossi hunter and the scout of the orishas
*Oya warrior goddess of wind, hurricanes, and underworld gates
*Shango warrior god of thunder, fire, sky father
*Iemanja divine mother goddess, divine goddess of the sea and Mother of mankind
*Ozain He owns the Omiero, a holy liquid consisting of many herbs, liquid through which all Saints and ceremonies have to go through. Ozain owns the herbs, is a natural healer.
*Agayu - Father of Shango he is also said to be shango's brother in other stories, Agayu is said to be the orisha of volcanoes and the desert.
* Osun - ruler of the head, Ori

ee also

*Loa
*Orisha


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