Tano

Akan river-deity and war-spirit, chief of the atano; son of Nyame and Asase Yaa.

Parentage

• parent: Nyame
• parent: Asase Yaa

Domains

• rivers water
• war thunder

Powers

• Rules the life-giving Tano River
• Fathers the river abosom

Epithets

• Ta Kora latin · Ta Kora (Tano Akora)Tano the senior, chief of the abosom (the river/tutelary deities), son of NyameRattray, R. S. Ashanti. Oxford University Press, 1923, ch. on the gods (abosom). (ethnography)

Relations

• sibling: BiaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Nyame & Asase Yaa) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: AnansiFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.

Sources

• existence: Wikipedia, Tano (Ta Kora); Akan religion (secondary)