Al-Kahina
Al-Kahina (d. 701) Lamtuna (Mauritania, Morocco) A half-legendary, half-historic Berber heroine and queen. Originally named Zaynab alNafzawiya, she became known as Dahia al-Kahina, “the prophetess.”…
Month: July 2017
Ala – Earth Goddess
Ala (Ale, Ali) Igbo (Nigeria) The earth goddess and goddess of fertility; daughter of the Supreme God, Chuku. Although Chuku created human souls, he was…
Akongo
Akongo – Ngombe (Democratic Republic of the Congo) – The Supreme God, who in the beginning had close relations with humans and served as their…
Akoma Mba
Akoma Mba- Fang (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon) The hero of an epic of the Fang that is an example of an enfant-terrible tale—a classification of…
Ajok
Ajok (Adyok, Naijok) Lotuko (Sudan) The Supreme God and Creator. Although Ajok was benevolent, humans had to make constant prayers and sacrifices to maintain his…
Aiwel Longar
Aiwel Longar – Bor, Dinka (Sudan) A mythical hero who was regarded as the ancestor of the Bor. Tales about Aiwel are examples of enfant-terrible…
Agipie
Agipie Turkana (Kenya) A god with a dual nature, or two different aspects, each of which warred with the other. One aspect of Agipie was…
Agemo
Agemo Yoruba (Nigeria) A chameleon that was the servant of olorun, the head of the Yoruba pantheon of deities (known as the orisa). Agemo carried…
Agè
Agè Fon (Benin) In the Fon pantheon of deities (known as the Vodun), the god of the hunt; the fourthborn son of the Creator, Mawu-Lisa.…
Agbè
Agbè- Fon (Benin) – In the Fon pantheon of deities (known as the Vodun), chief of the Sea Pantheon, one of the four pantheons into which…