Sakpata
Fon · deity · mythic · deity
Fon eldest son of Mawu-Lisa, lord of the earth and smallpox; counterpart of Shopona.
Parentage
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