Spirit of Beauty and Harmony

Fang · deity · primordial · deity

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 Man
companion: Supreme Creator of the Threefold Godhead

Sources

Fernandez, James W. Bwiti. Princeton, 1982, pp. 321-335.
Knappert, Jan. African Mythology. London, 1990.

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