List of African deities

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Further information: African traditional religion and African diasporic religions

• Jeebo
• Jengu - (Sawa) deity of water spirits (also, the name for the water spirits themselves)
• Mami Wata - Goddess of Beauty (one of the water spirits); Accompanied by a snake and wealth.
• Waaq - (Ororomo) Single supreme and universal deity (creator of day and night)
• Amlak (Ethiopian)
• Jah - A name for God (Rastafari)
• Ngai - Supreme god, lives on the holy mountain Kirinyaga (Mount Kenya). (Maasai)
• Mwari - (Shona people of Zimbabwe)
• Nyadenga - (Shona people of Zimbabwe)
• Musikavanhu - "The Creator" (Shona people of Zimbabwe)

Contents 1 Akan 2 Ashanti 3 Dahomey 4 Efik 5 Igbo 6 Khoikhoi 7 Lugbara 8 !Xũ 9 Lotuko 10 Pygmy 11 Tumbuka 12 Yoruba 13 See also

[edit] Akan

• Brekyirihunuade, "he who knows and sees everything."
• Kwaku Ananse, a trickster god.

[edit] Ashanti

• Anansi - Depicted in numerous forms: a spider, a human or combinations thereof. Known as a trickster.
• Asase Ya - Earth goddess of fertility
• Bia - Personification of violence
• Nyame - Means "God" in the ashanti language.

[edit] Dahomey

• Agé
• Ayaba
• Da
• Gbadu
• Gleti
• Gu
• Lisa
• Loko
• Mawu
• Nana Buluku
• Sakpata
• Sogbo
• Xevioso
• Zinsi
• Zinsu

[edit] Efik

• Abassi
• Atai

[edit] Igbo

• Aha Njoku
• Ala

Amadioha

[edit] Khoikhoi

• Gamab
• Heitsi-eibib
• Tsui'goab

[edit] Lugbara

• Adroa
• Adroanzi

[edit] !Xũ

• Mantis
• Prishiboro

[edit] Lotuko

• Ajok

[edit] Pygmy

• Arebati
• Khonvoum
• Tore

[edit] Tumbuka

• Chiuta

[edit] Yoruba

Main article: Yoruba deities

• Babalu Aye - deity of disease and illness.
• Eshu messenger between human and divine, god of crossroads
• Nana - female deity of creation, sky mother, associated with the moon.
• Obatala father of orishas and humankind
• Ogoun deity of iron, war, labour, and technology
• Olorun creator of the universe, sky father
• Orunmila - deity of wisdom, divination and foresight
• Oshun goddess of rivers, love, fertility, and art
• Oxossi hunter and the scout of the orishas
• Oya goddess of wind, hurricanes, and underworld gates
• Shango warrior god of thunder, fire, sky father
• Iemanja divine mother goddess, divine goddess of the sea and Mother of mankind
• Ozain He owns the Omiero, a holy liquid consisting of many herbs, liquid through which all Saints and ceremonies have to go through. Ozain owns the herbs, is a natural healer.
• Agayu - Father of Shango he is also said to be shango's brother in other stories, Agayu is said to be the orisha of volcanoes and the desert.
• Osun - ruler of the head, Ori

[edit] See also

• Loa
• Orisha