Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Tar" | Tiv / Nigeria, West Africa | Chthonic earth god. Engendered by the creator god AONDO, Tar is depicted as a prostrate figure with his head toward the east, comparable with the Egyptian god GEB.... |
God name "Teliko" | Bambara / Mali, West Africa | God of hot winds. According to tradition the water god FARO challenged him in a primordial struggle and smashed him against a mountain.... |
God name "Teliko Bambara" | Africa | God of hot winds Africa(west) |
God name "Topoh" | Pokot / Suk / Uganda / western Kenya, East Africa | Astral god. The son of the creator god TORORUT and his consort SETA, he is god of the evening star.... |
God name "Tororut" | Pokot / Suk / Uganda / western Kenya, East Africa | Creator god. He is invoked in a special annual ceremony, which involves the sacrifice of an ox, to ensure safety of crops and cattle. The same ritual is performed in times of drought, famine or plague. His brother is ASIS the Sun god. His consort is SETA and their children include the Rain god ILAT, ARAWA the moon and TOPOH the evening star.... |
God name "Tsunigoab (wounded knee)" | Khoi / Namibia, southwestern Africa | Creator god. As his name suggests, he walks with a limp. His injury was sustained in a primordial battle with his arch rival GAUNAB, the god of darkness, who was eventually driven away to live in the black heaven. Tsunigoab used to be invoked at dawn each day.... |
God name "Unumbote" | Bassari / Togo, West Africa | Creator god. Engendered all living things on earth.... |
God name "Vodu" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | Collective name for gods. The origin of the term voodoo in the Caribbean region.... |
God name "Were" | Africa | Supreme Creator God. North West Africa |
God name "Wu" | Ewe / Benin, West Africa | Sea god. His priest, the Wu-no, invokes the god whenever the weather is too severe for the fishing boats to land. He is propitiated with offerings delivered from the spéñïś and in past times was occasionally appeased with human sacrifice taken out to sea and thrown overboard.... |
God name "Xewioso" | Ewe | Thunder god. [Benin, West Africa]. Depicted as a ram accompanied by an ax, he is also perceived as a fertility deity whose thunder and lightning are accompanied by Rain.... |
Goddess name "Yemoja" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Goddess of water. The creatrix of all the rivers in the area, particularly the river Ogun. She is chiefly worshiped by women and the sacred river water is considered a remedy for infertility. She is propitiated with animal and vegetable sacrifices. Attributes: cowrie shells.... |