Sogbo

Fon · deity · mythic · deity

Fon god of thunder and lightning, chief of the sky/thunder pantheon.

Parentage

Mawu-Lisa

Domains

thunder lightning
rain
justice

Powers

Hurls thunder and lightning
brings the fertilizing rain along with thunder and lightning
smites liars, thieves, witches and the wicked with the thunderbolt

Epithets

Xɛvioso
So, the thunder

Relations

equated with: Thunder God of the Storm
equated with: Shango
sibling: Dan
sibling: Gu
sibling: Legba
sibling: Sakpata

Sources

Mythopedia, Vodun Religion; Herskovits, Dahomey (1938)

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