Vodu of divination and destiny — the Fa/Ifa oracle. The descriptive title leads name.primary; the Ewe name Afa and the Fon Fa stand in alt/etymology. Its messages are interpreted by Legba (see ewe_legba 'associate of' edge); in Fon theology its power-source is the female spirit Gbadu set by Mawu in the palm-tree. Not a consistently-begotten son of Mawu-Lisa — see SOLITARY flag. Typed deity. Documented for the Ewe of Togo by Parrinder (1961) and for the cognate Fon by Herskovits (1938).
Domains
divination
destiny and fate
sacred knowledge and counsel
Powers
Reveal the destiny (kpoli) that Mawu has set for each person
Speak through the sixteen signs (du) and their two hundred and fifty-six combinations