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List of Gods : "Benin" - 46 records
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Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
God name "Ogun Edo"	Benin	A god of war that was sent to cut up the land to allow crops to the planted
God name "Olokun"	Fon / Yoruba / Benin / Nigeria, West Africa	God of fresh waters and oceans. The eldest son of the creator god OSANOBUA. He is symbolized in the sacred river Olokun, which runs almost the length of Benin and from the source of which come the souls of unborn children. A girl baby is given a shrine of the god which includes a pot of river water and which she takes with her to her new home when she marries. The god is particularly popular among women and has a cult of priestesses. Olokun is also a guardian deity of mariners....
God name "Osandobua Edo"	Benin	A benign creator god that controls prosperity, health & happiness
God name "Osanobua"	Edo / Benin, West Africa	Creator god. The father of the god OLOKUN, he is regarded as a benevolent deity controlling prosperity, health and happiness....
God name "Sogbo"	Benin	The god of thunder, lightning and fire. Benin
God name "Sogbo"	Fon / Benin, West Africa	storm god. The sibling of the gods LISA and MAWU, he controls thunder and lightning and is a god of fire and Rain....

God name "Sogbo Fon"	Benin	A storm god of Rain
God name "Vodu"	Fon / Benin, West Africa	Collective name for gods. The origin of the term voodoo in the Caribbean region....
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....
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