Sun Lord of Day

Ewe · deity · primordial · deity

Counterpart to Mawu; in some accounts Lisa is Mawu's twin or son rather than husband. Typed deity (solar).

Domains

sun
heat and strength

Powers

governs the daytime sun and its heat
Wield the strength and heat of day
Order the created world with Mawu

Relations

spouse: Supreme Sky Mother

Sources

Herskovits, Melville J. Dahomey: An Ancient West African Kingdom. 1938, vol. 2, pp. 101-105.
"Mawu-Lisa." Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed., 2005.

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