Dan

Fon cosmic rainbow-serpent who bore the creator and supports the world.

Parentage

• Mawu-Lisa

Domains

• serpent cosmic order
• rainbow wealth

Powers

• Coils beneath and upholds the created world
• carries the creator Mawu-Lisa in his mouth while the earth is shaped
• revolves about the earth and moves the heavenly bodies

Epithets

• Dan Ayidohwɛdo
• Dangbe

Relations

• equated with: Rainbow-Serpent that Girdles the World
• sibling: Gu
• sibling: Legba
• sibling: Sakpata
• sibling: Sogbo

Sources

• Mythopedia, Vodun Religion; Herskovits, Dahomey (1938)