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Akan. Tano, God of War and Strife for the Akan, and additionally God of Thunder for the Northern Akan peoples, such as the Asante; Sakumo - The deity of war and duels, guardian of the Ga tribe. Afua Kranka - Goddess of conquest, bloodlust, brutality, war, and battle. Nkunim - Spirit of victory in battle.
Followers of Akan spirituality believe in a supreme god who created the universe. He is distant and does not interact with humans. [citation needed]The creator god takes on different names depending upon the region of worship, including Nyame, Nyankopon, Brekyirihunuade ("Almighty"), Odomankoma ("infinite inventor"), [3] Ɔbɔadeɛ ("creator") and Anansi Kokuroko ("the great designer" or "the ...
Diwata: general term for Tagbanwa deities; they created the first man made from earth and gave him the elements of fire, the flint-like stones, iron, and tinder, as well as rice and most importantly, rice-wine, which humans could use to call the deities and the spirits of their dead [18]
1.1 Akan mythology. 1.2 Bantu mythology. ... 3.4 Korean mythology. ... fairy-like creature that lives in the forest and streams; Greek mythology
The name Odomankoma means "Creator" which is said to be derived from the literal translations of the two sections of his name, "Dom" (meaning state or universe) and "Anko-ma" (meaning "who alone gives"). The name "Odomankoma" therefore means, in the literal sense, "The only one who gives the universe or world". [2]
Korean mythology (Korean: 한국 신화; Hanja: 韓國神話; MR: Han'guk sinhwa) is the group of myths [a] told by historical and modern Koreans.There are two types: the written, literary mythology in traditional histories, mostly about the founding monarchs of various historical kingdoms, and the much larger and more diverse oral mythology, mostly narratives sung by shamans or priestesses ...
This is a list of mythologies native to Asia: . Buddhist mythology; Chinese mythology; Christian mythology (in Western Asia); Georgian mythology; Greek mythology (see Greco-Buddhism) ...
Legendary Korean people (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Characters in Korean mythology" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.