Nana Buluku
Fon · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Fon androgynous supreme being and primordial mother of the creator Mawu-Lisa.
Children
Domains
- supreme creator
Powers
- Originates the universe and bears Mawu-Lisa
- brings forth the twin creator Mawu-Lisa, the moon and the sun
Epithets
- Nana Buluku the ancient grandmother-creator, older than the universeWikipedia, 'Nana Buluku' (secondary)
Relations
- equated with: Primordial Grandmother of the GodsThe same West African deity under its Gbe/Yoruba reflex (Nana Buluku).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: Nana BurukuThe same West African deity under its Gbe/Yoruba reflex (Nana Buluku).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)
Sources
- existence: Wikipedia, Nana Buluku; Herskovits, Dahomey (1938) (secondary)