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This is a list of African spirits as well as deities found within the traditional African religions.It also covers spirits as well as deities found within the African religions—which is mostly derived from traditional African religions.
West African mythology is the body of myths of the people of West Africa. It consists of tales of various deities, beings, legendary creatures , heroes and folktales from various ethnic groups. Some of these myths traveled across the Atlantic during the period of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade to become part of Caribbean , African-American and ...
Erinlẹ̀ - an elephant hunter and physician to the gods; Èṣù - Èṣù is the orisha of crossroads, duality, beginnings and balance; Ibeji - twin orisha of vitality and youth; Ọbàtálá - creator of human bodies; orisha of light, spiritual purity, and moral uprightness; Odùduwà - progenitor orisha of the Yorubas
Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System also discusses the "High John the Conqueror root" [247] and myth as well as the "nature sack." [248] In African American folk stories, High John the Conqueror was an African prince who was kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in the United States. He was a trickster and used his wit and charm ...
Unnamed Gods: the Bagobo gods whose fires create smoke that becomes the white clouds, while the sun creates yellow clouds that make the colors of the rainbow [19] Cumucul: the T'boli son of the supreme deities; has a cohort of fire, a sword and shield; married to Boi’Kafil [20]
Gary Edwards (Author), John Mason (Author), Black Gods – Orisa Studies in the New World, 1998. ISBN 1-881244-08-3; John Mason, Olokun: Owner of Rivers and Seas. ISBN 1-881244-05-9; John Mason, Orin Orisa: Songs for selected Heads. ISBN 1-881244-06-7; David M. O'Brien, Animal Sacrifice and Religious Freedom: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v.
Mbaba Mwana Waresa, goddess of rain in Bantu mythology; Mpulu Bunzi, god of rain in Kongo mythology. Bunzi, goddess of rain in Woyo mythology . Saa ngmin, God of rain in Dagaaba mythology (Upper West Region of Ghana) Fwha, Goddess of rain, fertile regions, and the rainy season in Akan mythology; Amosu, name means 'Giver of Rain' from Akan mythology
Lampetia, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios , god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera . Theia , Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos.