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Ashanti Mythology

Anansi

Anansi (Ananse) Ashanti (Ghana) The spider, a trickster and culture hero. Anansi is one of the most popular characters in West African mythology. He is often referred to as Kwaku (Father) Anansi.
3 August 2017

Abosom

Abosom is the name for the pantheon of gods and goddesses of the Ashanti and other members of the Akan language group. The head of the pantheon is the Supreme God, Nyame. Nyame was the father of the abosom, the
30 July 2017

Obayifo

Obayifo A kind of living vampire found among the Ashanti people on the Gold Coast in

Odomankoma

Odomankoma is one aspect of the triple god Nyame. (The third aspect was Nyankopon.) Nyame represented

Nyame

Nyame (oNyAMe, The Shining One) Ashanti (Ghana) The all-knowing, all-powerful Supreme God, Creator of the universe, and head of the Ashanti pantheon of gods and goddesses (known as the abosom). As with
3 September 2019

Nyankopon

Nyankopon (Onyankopon) – Ashanti (Ghana) One aspect of the triple god Nyame. (The third aspect was Odomankoma.) Nyame represented the natural universe; Nyankopon, its kra, or life-giving power; and Odomankoma, the creative
11 March 2018

Adu Ogyinae

Adu Ogyinae In African mythology (Ashanti of Ghana), the first man. The Ashanti tell several myths concerning the origin of man. One states that on Monday night the first man, Adu Ogyinae,
21 September 2017

Asase Yaa

Asase Yaa Old Woman Earth ALSO KNOWN AS: Aberewa (Primordial Woman) ORIGIN: Ashanti In the West, Asase Yaa is best known as the mother of Anansi, famous Ashanti trickster spirit. However, she
4 August 2017

Asamando

Asamando Ashanti (Ghana) The land of the dead (see also underworld). A woman named Amokye welcomed the souls of dead women at the river that souls crossed to reach Asamando. In payment,
3 August 2017

Amokye

Amokye- Ashanti (Ghana) The woman who welcomed the souls of dead women to Asamando, the Land of the Dead. (See also underworld.) Traditionally, Ashanti women were dressed for burial in amoasie (loincloths)
3 August 2017

Aberewa

Aberewa Ashanti (Ghana) The name given to both the primordial, or first, woman and a powerful earth goddess, who was also called Asaase Yaa. Aberewa figures in a myth that explains why
30 July 2017

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