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List Of Goddesses
This is a list of goddesses, deities regarded as female or mostly feminine in gender. African mythology (sub-Saharan) Afro-Asiatic Ethiopian * Dhat-Badan Kafa * Atete Niger-Congo Akan (inc. Ashanti) Asase Yaa (Asaase Afua, Asaase Yaa, Asase Yaa) * Abena Motianim Afua Kranka Amelenwa * Aniwaa Ambundu * Kianda * Kuanja Baganda *Nagadya *Nagawonyi Edo (Bini) * Emotan Fon (Dahomey) *Ayaba * Gleti * Mawu * Nana Buluku Ga-Adangbe *Akonadi *Ashiakle Igbo * Ahia Njoku * Ala Ngombe * Mbokomu ;Nyoro *Kaikara *Lubanga *Mulindwa ;Shona * Dzivaguru ;Woyo *Bunzi ;Yoruba * Aja (Aje) * Ayao * Egungun-oya * Iyami Aje * Oba * Olokun * Orisa Oluwa * Oshun * Oya (Ọya-Iyansan) * Queen Oronsen * Velekete * Yemoja ;Zulu * Inkosikazi * iNyanga * Mamlambo * Mbaba Mwana Waresa (Nomkhubulwane) * Nomhoyi * Usiququmadevu Nilo-Saharan ;Dinka * Abuk Kalenjin (inc. Pokot) *Arawa *Seta *Topoh ;Maasai * Olapa *Nambi ;Nuer * Buk (Acol) ;Shilluk *Diang *Nayakaya Songhay *Isa (Issa) Afro-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goddesses
A goddess is a female deity. In some faiths, a sacred female figure holds a central place in religious prayer and worship. For example, Shaktism (one of the three major Hindu sects), holds that the ultimate deity, the source of all reality, is Mahadevi (Supreme Goddess) and in some forms of Tantric Shaivism, the pair of Shiva and Shakti are the ultimate principle (with the goddess representing the active, creative power of God). Meanwhile, in Vajrayana Buddhism, ultimate reality is often seen as being composed of two principles depicted as two deities in union ( yab yum, "father-mother") symbolising the non-duality of the two principles of perfect wisdom (female) and skillful compassion (male). A single figure in a monotheistic faith that is female may be identified simply as god because of no need to differentiate by gender or with a diminutive. An experiment to determine the effect of psychedelics on subjects composed of leaders from diverse religious groups revealed a general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Buluku
Nana Buluku, also known as Nana Buruku, Nana Buku or Nanan-bouclou, is the female supreme being in the West African traditional religion of the Fon people (Benin, Dahomey) and the Ewe people (Togo). She is one of the most influential deities in West African theology, and one shared by many ethnic groups other than the Fon people, albeit with variations. For example, she is called the ''Nana Bukuu'' among the Yoruba people and the ''Olisabuluwa'' among Igbo people but described differently, with some actively worshiping her while some do not worship her and worship the gods originating from her. In Dahomey mythology, Nana Buluku is the mother supreme creator who gave birth to the moon spirit Mawu, the sun spirit Lisa, and all of the universe. After giving birth to these, she retired and left the matters of the world to Mawu-Lisa. She is the primary creator, Mawu-Lisa the secondary creator, and the theology based on these is called Vodun, Voodoo or Vodoun. According to Maya Deren, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshun
Oshun (also Ọṣun, Ochún, and Oxúm) is the Yoruba orisha associated with love, sexuality, fertility, femininity, water, destiny, divination, purity, and beauty, and the Osun River, and of wealth and prosperity in the Yoruba religion. She is considered the most popular and venerated of the 401 orishas. In the mythology, Oshun was once the queen consort to King Shango of Oyo, and deified following her death, honored at the Osun-Osogbo Festival, a two-week-long annual festival that usually takes place in August, at the Oṣun-Osogbo Sacred Grove in Osogbo. A violín is a type of musical ceremony in Regla de Ocha performed for Osún. It includes both European classical music and Cuban popular music. Mythology According to the Ifa Literary Corpus, Oshun was the only female Irunmole (primordial spirit) sent to assist Shango to create the world by Olodumare, the Supreme God. The other spirits sent ignored Oshun, who went to Shango for guidance. One version of the stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orisa Oluwa
Orisa Oluwa is a deity of Yoruba mythology who forbids the use of umbrellas in Iwoye-Ketu, a town in Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, .... The deity is one of the three items brought to the town by King Olumu from Ile Ife and the other items includes a crown and a staff called "Opa Ogbo". References Yoruba goddesses People from Ogun State {{Nigeria-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olokun
Olokun ( Yoruba: Olókun) is an orisha spirit in Yoruba religion. Olokun is believed to be the parent of Aje, the orisha of great wealth and of the bottom of the ocean. Olokun is revered as the ruler of all bodies of water and for the authority over other water deities. Olokun is highly praised for their ability to give great wealth, health, and prosperity to their followers. Communities in both West Africa and the African diaspora view Olokun variously as female, male, or androgynous. West Africa Water deities are "ubiquitous and vitally important in southern Nigeria"; Olókun worship is especially noted in the cities of the Yoruba and Edo people in southwest Nigeria. In West African areas directly adjacent to the coast, Olokun takes a male form among his worshipers, while in the hinterland, Olokun is a female deity. According to Yoruba traditions about their divine dynasty, Olokun - in her female incarnation - was the senior wife of Emperor Oduduwa. Her rivalry with one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iyami Aje
Iyami Aje is a Yoruba language, Yoruba term of respect and endearment used to describe a woman of African ancestry who is considered to be an Aje, a woman who wields myriad arcane creative biological, spiritual, and cosmic powers. Etymology In Yoruba language, ''Ìyá mi'' literally means "my mother". In Yoruba mythology, Yoruba cosmology, the mother's roles as the force of creation and the sustainer of life and existence elevates her to the realm of the divine. Consequently, ''Ìyá mi'' - with alterations in tones - becomes ''Ìyààmi'' or ''Ìyàmi'', which can be translated as "the super-powerful ones" or "My Mysterious Mother." ''Àjẹ́'' is a Yoruba word that signifies the biological and spiritual power of African women that has myriad potential, including but not limited to, powers of elemental, biological and artistic creation; healing; destruction; spiritual and physical development and fortification; and political organization and empowerment. In ''The Architects of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egungun-oya
In Yoruba tradition, Egungun-oya is a deity of divination. "Egungun" refers to the collective spirits of the ancestral dead; the Orisha Orishas (singular: orisha) are divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba religion of West Africa and several religions of the African diaspora that derive from it, such as Haitian Vaudou, Cuban Santería and Brazilian Candomblé. The p ... Oya is seen as the mother of the Egungun. References Yoruba goddesses {{Africa-myth-stub Oracular goddesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayao
Ayao is an orisha in the Santería pantheon. She is the orisha of the air, and is considered to reside in both the forest and in the eye of the tornado.González-Wippler, M. (2002). ''Santería: The religion'' (2nd ed.). Llewellyn Publications. She works closely with Ọsanyìn and is a fierce warrior. Ayao has among her implements a crossbow A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an Elasticity (physics), elastic launching device consisting of a Bow and arrow, bow-like assembly called a ''prod'', mounted horizontally on a main frame called a ''tiller'', which is hand-held in a similar f ... with a serpent, a quill, and nine stones.Filan, K. (2010). ''The orishas: The gods of Santería''. Destiny Books. She is commonly placed next to her sister, Oya.Murphy, J. M. (1988). ''Santería: An African religion in America''. Beacon Press. Her colors are brown and green. Ayao's cult was thought to be lost among various adherents; however, a growing number of olorichas have her in their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aja (orisha)
Àjìjà, often elided as Ààjà, "wild wind", (called Eziza among the Edo where it is also known) is the Orisha of the whirlwind, forest, the animals within it and herbal medicine. In her forests she would find plants with medicinal properties and mix the herbs and roots and other plant parts together to find cures for the sick. She holds the secrets of botany and can be also looked to for help with trading and economic prosperity. Ajá shared much of her knowledge with humans waiting for someone to come and find her to share it with. This person was usually a shaman in training, or someone of the like. It's believed that if someone is carried away by Ajá and then returns, they become a powerful medicine man or woman (Oníṣègùn). Ajija uses the whirlwind to lift, convey or transport people from their abodes into the jungle or some other unknown place to impact unto them the ways of herberlism. According to legend, when someone wants to learn the secrets or mysteries of herbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunzi
Bunzi (also Mpulu Bunzi and Phulu Bunzi) is a serpent water spirit and goddess of rain in traditional Kongo religion that was first venerated by the Woyo people of the Kingdom of Ngoyo. Appearance Bunzi is sometimes depicted as a multicolored serpent that rewards those who worship her with an abundant harvest. She also said to appear in the rippling water of the river at sunset. Beliefs According to Kongo oral tradition, Bunzi is the daughter of Mboze, the Great Mother and wife of Kuitikuiti. Bunzi is sometimes depicted as a multicolored serpent, and rewards those who worship her with an abundant harvest. When Mboze gave birth, Bunzi was born in the form of a baby serpent. Upon seeing the child, Mboze's husband Kuitikuiti knew that she had been unfaithful to him. When he learned the biological father of Bunzi was their son Makanga, he killed Mboze for her transgression. Bunzi took on her mother's rain-bringing power. According to legend, when a rainbow appears in the sky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
