African mythology

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pagan water spirit

thumb|150x150px|Image of the Virgin of Candelaria (Patron of Canary Islands) in the [[Basilica of Candelaria (Tenerife)]] Chaxiraxi is a goddess, known as the Sun Mother, in the religion of the aboriginal Guanche inhabitants of the Canary Islands. Chaxiraxi was one of the principal goddesses of the Guanche pantheon. She was associated with the star Canopus.

Onyame, Nyankopɔn (Onyankopɔng) or Ɔdomankoma is the supreme god of the Akan people of Ghana, who is most commonly known as Nyame. The name means "The one who knows and sees everything", and "omniscient, omnipotent sky deity" in the Akan language.

Chukwu is the supreme being of Igbo spirituality. In the Igbo pantheon, Chukwu is the source of all other Igbo deities and is responsible for assigning them their different tasks. The Igbo people believe that all things come from Chukwu (Chiukwu), who brings the rain necessary for plants to grow and controls everything on Earth and the spiritual world. They believe Chukwu to be an undefinable omnipotent and omnipresent supreme deity that encompasses everything in space and space itself.

mythology of ethnic group in Africa

Kikongo term for high creator god

traditional beliefs from the KiKongo speaking peoples

Mwari is the supreme creator deity according to Shona and Venda traditional religion. It is believed that Mwari is the author of all things and all life and all is in him. The majority of this deity's followers are concentrated in Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Mwari (Mwali) is an omnipotent being, who rules over spirits and is the Supreme God of the religion.

Achuguayo is a god in the Guanche religion from Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. The name first appears in the work Historia del Pueblo Guanche (History of the Guanche People) by physician and historian Juan Bethencourt Alfonso, who based much of his work on oral sources.

A jengu (pl. miengu, also called bisima) is a water spirit in the traditional beliefs of the Sawabantu groups of Cameroon, like the Duala, Bakweri, Malimba, Subu, Bakoko, and Oroko people. Among the Bakweri, the term used is liengu (plural: maengu). Miengu are similar to bisimbi (singular: simbi) in the Bakongo spirituality and Mamba Muntu, who is present in many West and Central African cultures.

historical migration story shared in western Africa

Achuhucanac is the rain god in Guanche religion in Tenerife, identified with the Supreme God (Achamán). Its name comes from: ašu_hu_kanak Guanche language that means "that is in the rain" or "that who is in the rain".

beliefs, legends and folktales of the Somalis

Heitsi-eibib, also known as Geitsi or Haitse-aibeb, is a mythic hero figure in the mythology of the Khoikhoi people, He is sometimes depicted as a trickster, and with Gaunab and Tsui’goab, is a central figure in Khoikhoi folklore. Beyond his shapeshifting, Heitsi-eibib is cast as a trickster in Khoikhoi stories: he is a deceiver, repeatedly resurrected, and not above immorality or other transgressions from time to time. These latter stories go well beyond hero motifs in his character and represent deeper cultural lessons in Khoikhoi mythology.

mythological beliefs of the Nubians

Kianda (or Dandalunda) is a goddess of the sea, of the waters, and a protector of fishermen in traditional Angolan culture.

Aiwel (also known as Aiwel Longar or Ayuel) is a mythical hero that is considered the ancestor of the Bor and Dinka people of South Sudan.

Kalumba, also known as Sendwe Mwlaba, is the supreme god figure worshipped by the Luba people of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bayajidda (Hausa with tone markings: Bàyā̀jiddà) (real name: Abu Yazid) was, according to the legends surrounding most West African states before the 19th century, the founder of the Hausa states.

A Simbi (also spelled Cymbee and '''Sim'bi, pl. Bisimbi or Basimbi''') is a Central African guardian spirit of the water and nature in traditional Bakongo religion, as well as in African diaspora spiritual traditions, such as Hoodoo in the southern United States and Palo in Cuba. Simbi have been historically identified as water people, or mermaids, pottery, snakes, gourds, and fire. Due to the forced removal of Bantu peoples from Africa to the Americas, the veneration of simbi exists today in countries, such as the United States, Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti.

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Supreme creator god in the Buganda mythology

Chijoraji or Chijoragi is a name given to the infant Jesus carried in the hand of the Virgin of Candelaria (called by the Guanches Chaxiraxi) in Tenerife. Chijoraji is the name the aboriginal Guanches applied to this representation of Christ.

Obassi is the supreme creator god of the people of Ekoi, who is based in Nigeria and Cameroon.

Ajok, also known as Adyok and Naijok in certain variations, is the supreme deity in Lotuko mythology, who created humans as a mirror image of himself.

Nzame is the supreme creator god featured in the mythologies of the Fang people of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Cameroon. The name is used to refer to a trinity of deities, which included Nzame, Mebere and Nkwa and is also used in reference to Nzame, one of the members of this trinity.