Creator God
Ga · deity · primordial · deity
Supreme creator god of the Ga of coastal Ghana (Accra). The compound name is glossed 'father-mother divinity' (Ataa 'male', Naa 'female', Nyɔŋmɔ 'divinity'), expressing a dual/androgynous nature — recorded as sex 'other'. Classed as deity.
Domains
- creation
- sky
- rain
- agriculture
Powers
- give and withhold the rain and sunlight
- sends famine or abundance by withholding or granting the rains
Epithets
- Ataa-Naa Nyɔŋmɔ
- Ofe
- Maawu