Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Fe" | Gai / Ivory Coast, West Africa | Tutelary god. By tradition he arbitrated a dispute between two tribes, the Chuilo and the Nyaio. The Nyaio were eventually defeated and Fe became specifically the god of the Chuilo people. He is propitiated by means of a dance in which a terrifying mask is worn.... |
Goddess name "Fe Gai" | Islands | Goddess who guards certain islands of the Ivory Coast. |
God name "Ka Tyeleo" | Senufo / Ivory Coast, West Africa | Creator god. Significantly in such an environment, according to tradition, he fashioned the fruit-bearing trees on the seventh day of creation.... |
God name "Ka Tyeleo Senufo" | Ivory Coast | Creator god Ivory Coast |
God name "Mbitumbo Baule" | Ivory Coast | Creator and guardian god Ivory Coast |
God name "Mbotumbo" | Baule / Ivory Coast, West Africa | Creator god. A generally benevolent guardian deity with the head of an ape.... |
God name "Niamye" | Ivory Coast | Creator god. Mbole, Ivory Coast |
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 "Nyesoa" | Africa | The creator god of the French Ivory Coast. Africa |