Baule · deity · Baule traditional religion; continuing · deity
Entered as a deity (Baule creator sky-god). The Baule are an Akan people who migrated from present-day Ghana, so Nyamien is cognate with Akan Nyame. Principal scholarship: Vogel (1997).
Domains
sky supreme creator
Powers
to create the world and then remain remote above it
Creates the world, then remains remote and intangible above it
Epithets
Nyamien
Alouroua
Sources
Susan Mullin Vogel, Baule: African Art, Western Eyes (1997)