Sakpata

Fon eldest son of Mawu-Lisa, lord of the earth and smallpox; counterpart of Shopona.

Parentage

• Mawu-Lisa

Domains

• earth
• disease smallpox
• agriculture

Powers

• Rules the earth as eldest son of Mawu-Lisa
• Sends and withdraws smallpox and disease
• gives the life-bringing rain and the fertility of the soil

Epithets

• Ainon
• Jɛgbe

Relations

• equated with: Earth Lord of Smallpox
• equated with: Babalu-Aye
• sibling: Dan
• sibling: Gu
• sibling: Legba
• sibling: Sogbo

Sources

• Mythopedia, Sakpata; Herskovits, Dahomey (1938)