Mawu-Lisa (alternately: Mahu) is a creator goddess, associated with the Sun and Moon in Gbe mythology and West African Vodun. Mawu and Lisa are divine...

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...

the son of Mawu-Lisa. Agé is the patron god of hunters, the wilderness, and the animals within it. He is the fourth-born son of Mawu-Lisa. When she divided...

have existed before the Earth, Ayida-Weddo assisted the creator goddess Mawu-Lisa in the formation of the world, and is responsible for holding together...

gave birth to the Mawu-Lisa and created the universe. After giving birth, the mother Supreme retired, and left everything to Mawu-Lisa (Moon-Sun, female-male)...

are told. In most the creator is either Mawu, the moon being and mother of all the gods and humanity, or Mawu-Lisa, the sun/moon being who is both male and...

(mythology), personification of light List of night deities List of solar deities Lucifer Sky deity "Mawu-Lisa". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2023-03-09....

ensured its spread. The primary deity is the combined Mawu-Lisa (Mawu having female characteristics and Lisa having male characteristics) and it is claimed that...

people, who are now based in Benin, Nigeria, and Togo. She is one of Mawu-Lisa’s daughters, and just like her parents, consists of both a female and male...

Anyanwu, Igbo alusi, sun goddess of good fortune, knowledge, and wisdom Mawu-Lisa, Dahomey goddess of creation, the sun, and the moon Xevioso, Dahomey god...

pays respect to every singer, dancer, and drummer of the tradition.) "Mawu-Lisa" while not a nation song, calls on the Fon-Ewe spirit of day and night...

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...

Unpredictable. The Creator embodies a dual cosmogonic principle of which Mawu the moon and Lisa the sun are respectively the female and male aspects, often portrayed...

tricked his brother at a banquet he organized so as to take his life. Mawu-Lisa - Twins representing moon and sun, respectively. Ewe-Fon culture. Yemaja...

celestial creator deity of Dahomean religion is Mawu-Lisa, formed by a merger of the twin brother and sister gods Lisa (the moon) and Mawa (the sun). In combined...

Tambor de Mina Venezuelan Yuyu Trinidadian Vodunu Deities Creators Damballa Mawu Nana Buluku Loas Adjassou-Linguetor Adya Houn'tò Agassou Agwé Anaisa Pye...

Olodumare, Ngai, Roog, etc.). Some recognize a dual god and goddess such as Mawu-Lisa. Traditional African religions generally believe in an afterlife, one...

The Fon people believe that the creator god Mawu-Lisa divided into a Sun god Lisa and Moon god Mawu. Eclipses are seen as the two gods engaging in...

mythology. He is the twin brother of Gun, and is one of the children of Mawu and Lisa. Shango Traditional African religion portal Ojo, J.O. (1999). Understanding...

Africa and takes Diana in, but leaves the other avatars at the wall. Mawu-Lisa- The Fon god and goddess. They are one being which is half man and half...

gods, and imbued it with Lido (her life-force). Her traditional name is Mawu-Lisa. One of the Orishas. Mohammed Ibn Bornu – North African warrior hero from...

Warumbe Wanema Wanga Owazi Libanza Njambe Agé Ayaba Da Gbadu Gleti Gu Lisa Loko Mawu Nana Buluku Salosteles Sakpata Xevioso Zinsi Zinsu Abuk Aiwel Deng Kejok...

and the powers that influence a person's destiny. This mirrors the Mawu and Lisa (Goddess and God) theology of the Fon religion, and like them, these...

centered on the Dahomean vodun or gods. She imported two creator gods, Mawu and Lisa, from Aja and proclaimed them the rulers of the Dahomean pantheon. Hwanjile...

Apera) - A queen of the Greek tribes who was killed by Prince Moloch. Queen Mawu-Ka (portrayed by Michelle Blanchard) - Queen of the African tribes. Killed...

fertility. Maslenitsa Corona 77 202.5 0 Slavonic personification of fertility. Mawu Corona 31.7 241.3 295 Fon (Benin) goddess of fertility. Maya Corona 23 98...

people". The Nation (Malawi). 28 February 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2021. "Mawu decries poor women participation". The Nation (Malawi). 26 September 2013...