Vodu of the Bush and the Hunt
Ewe · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Vodu of the bush, the hunt and the wild animals; son of Mawu-Lisa and brother of the other great vodu. The English descriptor leads name.primary; the Gbe name Age stands in alt/etymology. Typed deity. Documented for the Ewe-Fon complex by Herskovits (1938); the cult is that of hunters at the bush-edge.
Parentage
- the creator pair (engendering): Twofold Creator Pair
Domains
- wilderness and the bush
- the hunt
- wild animals and game
Powers
- Command the wild animals and the birds of the bush
- Grant or deny success to the hunter in the bush
Relations
- sibling: Earth Lord of SmallpoxReciprocal within this batch.M. J. Herskovits, Dahomey (1938), vol. 2, the children of Mawu-Lisa. (secondary)
- sibling: Vodu of Iron and WarReciprocal within this batch.M. J. Herskovits, Dahomey (1938), vol. 2: Age and Gu among the brothers born of Mawu-Lisa. (secondary)
- sibling: Trickster-Linguist of the CrossroadsReciprocal within this batch.M. J. Herskovits, Dahomey (1938), vol. 2, the children of Mawu-Lisa. (secondary)
- sibling: Thunder God of the StormSibling of the existing thunder-god ewe_so (Sogbo).M. J. Herskovits, Dahomey (1938), vol. 2: Age and Sogbo among the great vodu children of Mawu-Lisa. (secondary)
Sources
- Age (Aje) is the Gbe vodu of the wild bush, the hunt and the wild animals — a son of Mawu-Lisa given command of the beasts and birds and set to dwell in the forest as the hunter.: M. J. Herskovits, Dahomey: An Ancient West African Kingdom (1938), vol. 2, the vodu Age. (secondary); "Fon and Ewe Religion," Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed. (2005). (tertiary)