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List of Gods : "N Africa" - 360 records

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Name ▲▼Origin ▲▼Description ▲▼
God name
"Sodza"
Ewe / Togo, West Africa sky god. Propitiated with yams and the sacrifice of a white sheep in an annual festival and his priests pray to him weekly to send Rain. The priests wear white robes....
God name
"Sogblen"
Ewe / Hua / Togo / southeastern Ghana, West Africa Messenger god. Considered to relay the prayers of devotees to the great gods and to return with blessings or punishment. Generally benevolent, bringing the boon of fertile crops and children. He is propitiated with the sacrifice of a white sheep in an annual festival....
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
"Soko"
Nupe / Nigeria, West Africa sky god. The name refers specifically to the dark sky at the beginning of the Rainy season which stimulates the growth of crops....
God name
"Sore-Gus"
Hottentot / S Africa The Sun / sky god
God name
"Sore-Gus"
Hottentot / Namibia, southern Africa sky god. The Sun god, embodied in the shape of a golden ram with long fluffy wool....
God name
"Sore-Gus Hottentot"
Africa God of the Sun / sky Africa(south)
God name
"Soului"
Hua / W Africa A benevolent vegetation god also in charge of Medicine & music
God name
"Soului"
Hua / southeastern Ghana, West Africa vegetation god. A benevolent deity who can bestow wealth as well as good harvests. He is also god of Medicine and of the sounds of music. His devotees wear white and daub white chalk on their faces. His symbol is the cowrie shell....
God name
"Soului Hua"
Africa Benevolent vegetation god also in charge of Medicine and music Africa(west)
God name
"Spiniesis"
Africa Agriculture - This poor minor god is charged with responsibility of uprooting thorn bushes

"Suku"
Africa The supreme creator. Ovimbundu, Africa
God name
"Suku"
Ovimbundu / central Angola, West Africa Creator god. He created the sky, the rivers and mountains, and the people on earth....
God name
"Suku Ovimbundu"
Cent Africa The creator god sky at, the rivers, people, & mountains
Supreme god name
"Tanik"
Phoenician / Pontic / Carthaginian moon goddess. Known largely from inscriptions at various sites along the North African coast and linked with the goddess ASTARTE. Her symbol is a triangular device with horizontal bars supporting a moon disc. Both deities are described as “ladies of the sanctuary.” Tanit was the supreme goddess at Carthage, known as the “face of BAAL,” until usurped by the Roman goddess JUNO; she survived under the name CAELESTIS. The goddess CERES was also worshiped in the TANIT temple at Carthage. Also Tenit....
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)
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