Supreme Sky Mother

Ewe · deity · primordial · deity

When invoked alone, Mawu is the female supreme being (moon, night) and the head of the Ewe pantheon; in the pair Mawu-Lisa the name is also used for the conjoined creator. The native term goes in `term`; the etymological gloss is given in notes per schema rule 1. Typed deity.

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