Fa

Fon god of fate and divination, equivalent of Yoruba Ifa; his wife Gbadu sources his power.

Domains

• divination fate

Powers

• Reveals fate through Fa divination

Epithets

• Du Fon · Du · cultthe 'sign / destiny' (Fon term for the Yoruba odù) read in FaSmithsonian, 'An Introduction to Fa Divination of Benin' (secondary)

Relations

• equated with: Vodu of Divination and DestinyThe same West African deity under its Gbe/Yoruba reflex (Fa/Ifa).West African vodun/òrìṣà cognates: the same deity across the Gbe (Ewe, Fon) and Yoruba traditions (M. Herskovits, Dahomey, 1938; G. Parrinder, West African Religion, 1961; P. Verger, Notes sur le culte des Orisa et Vodun, 1957) (secondary)
• equated with: OrunmilaThe same West African deity under its Gbe/Yoruba reflex (Fa/Ifa).West African vodun/òrìṣà cognates: the same deity across the Gbe (Ewe, Fon) and Yoruba traditions (M. Herskovits, Dahomey, 1938; G. Parrinder, West African Religion, 1961; P. Verger, Notes sur le culte des Orisa et Vodun, 1957) (secondary)
• spouse: Gbadu

Sources

• existence: Smithsonian, Fa Divination of Benin; Herskovits, Dahomey (1938) (secondary)