Nana-Buluku
NaNa-buluku (Original Creator) Fon (Benin) The Supreme Being who ruled over everything as the creator of the beginnings of the universe. At the same time…
Category: Fon Mythology
Mawu-Lisa
mawu-lisa (Continuer of Creation) Fon (Benin) The Great God of the Fon pantheon (see Vodun). Mawu-Lisa was a complex and androgynous deity of whom the…
Nana Buruku
Nana Buruku One vision of Creation describes life emerging from some primeval swamp. Nana Buruku, ancient mother, presides over that swamp. Lady of marshes, swamps,…
Minona
ORIGIN: Fon (Benin, formerly Dahomey) Minona is a powerful forest-dwelling spirit of magic, fertility, and domestic sovereignty within the Fon spiritual tradition. She dwells deep…
Da
Da In African mythology (Fon of Benin), serpent god, who symbolizes life and movement. Dako, chief of the Fon nation, murdered a sovereign prince who…
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…
Aïdo-Hwedo
Aido-Hwedo Fon (Benin) The cosmic serpent, a servant of the Creator, Mawu-Lisa. Aido-Hwedo existed before Mawu-Lisa and participated in the creation of the universe. Aido-Hwedo…