Aso

Akan · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification

Aso, the wife of Anansi and mother of Ntikuma; a recurring figure of the Akan Anansesem (spider-tales) recorded by Rattray. Materialized to complete the household of Anansi.

Children

Ntikuma

Domains

trickery

Powers

devises with Anansi the schemes by which he traps his quarry

Relations

spouse: AnansiRattray, Akan-Ashanti Folk-Tales (1930) (primary)
mother of: NtikumaRattray 1930 (primary)

Sources

existence: R. S. Rattray, Akan-Ashanti Folk-Tales (1930) — recurring wife of Anansi in the Anansesem (primary)

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