Spirit of Beauty and Harmony
Fang · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Sex is variously reported; commonly the 'beauty' aspect is feminine. Third person of the Nzame–Mebere–Nkwa triad. Typed deity (creator-aspect).
Domains
- beauty
- harmony
Powers
- endows the first man with beauty
- endows the first man Fam with beauty
Relations
- companion: Maker of the First ManReciprocal of fang_mebere.companion — Second and third persons of the Fang creator triad.Beier (ed.), The Origin of Life and Death: African Creation Myths (1966) (secondary)
- companion: Supreme Creator of the Threefold GodheadReciprocal of fang_nzame.companion — First and third persons of the Fang creator triad.Beier (ed.), The Origin of Life and Death: African Creation Myths (1966) (secondary)
Sources
- Nkwa is the third member of the Fang creator triad, embodying beauty and harmony, who gave the first man his beauty.: Fernandez, James W. Bwiti. Princeton, 1982, pp. 321-335. (secondary); Knappert, Jan. African Mythology. London, 1990. (secondary)