Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Ndjambi Hereo" | SW Africa | A sky god who is name is generally forbidden to be spoken |
God name "Nesu" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | Tutelary god of royalty. The guardian of the tribal chiefs, his shrine, the Nese-we, is located close by royal palaces.... |
God name "Ngai" | Africa | The name of the High God. Kikuyu, East Africa |
God name "Ngai" | Kikuyu / Masai / East Africa | Creator god. The name given to a single god in the heavens, influenced by the spread of Christianity. He is also perceived as, and may have evolved from, a weather god whose presence is symbolized by lightning.... |
God name "NgaiKikuyu/ Masai" | E Africa | The creator god |
God name "Niamye" | Baule / Ivory Coast, West Africa | Creator god. He engendered a consort for himself and proceeded to create all other living things on earth. His anger is evidenced by lightning and thunderbolts.... |
God name "Njirana" | Africa | A god, father of Julana, who was alive during the Dreamtime. |
Spirit name "Nommo" | Dogon / West Africa | Generic title of a group of gods. The primordial spirits at the head of whom is the creator god AMMA. They are åśśoci ated with Rain and fertility and have imparted cer tain skills to mankind.... |
God name "Nosenga" | Korekore / Shona / Zimbabwe, southern Africa | Tribal god. He is accessible to mankind through a mortal medium or oracle known as ĥōřé, who lives in the town of the tribal chief and is consulted only with the chief's permission. Nosenga has several human priestess consorts who are wedded to him in chastity in the fashion of Christian nuns.... |
Goddess name "Nsongo" | Bangala / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | moon goddess. The sister and consort of the supreme Sun god LIBANZA. In the epic legend of Nsongo and Lianja she is the twin sister and consort of a deified folk-hero.... |
God name "Nyame" | Akan / southern Ghana, West Africa | Creator god. An androgynous being symbolized in his male aspect by the Sun, and his female aspect by the moon. He gave mankind its soul and is the controller of destiny. He enjoys a dedicated priesthood and is worshiped in the form of a tree trunk. Also Odomankoma; Onyame; Onyanko pon; Totrobonsu.... |
Goddess name "Nyamwezi" | Africa | Goddess of justice Africa |
Goddess name "Nyavirezi" | Rwanda / central Africa | Lion goddess. According to legend she was originally a mortal daughter of the tribal chief. While walking, she was trans formed into a lioness. Though returning to human form, she occasionally became leonine again and, in this guise, slew at least one husband who discovered her secret.... |
God name "Nyesoa" | Africa | The creator god of the French Ivory Coast. Africa |
God name "Nzambe" | Africa | the ancient god of the Kota, Sangho |
Goddess name "Nzambi" | Africa | Goddess of justice, the earth and of death. Africa |
God name "Nzambi" | Bakongo / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. He created the first mor tal pair or, in alternative tradition, an androgy nous being in the guise of a palm tree called Muntu Walunga (the complete person). He also endowed this being with intelligence. In wooden sculptures the tree bears a woman's head and breast on one side and a bearded face on the other. Eventually the tree divided into two sepa rate sexes. Also Nyambi; Nzambe; Yambe; Zambi.... |
Deities name "Nzapa" | Ngbandi / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. One of seven deities invoked at Sunrise each morning. The progenitor of all life on earth, he also gave mankind laws and controls destiny or fate. He has four children who specifically appear in the guise of palm trees.... |