Gua
Ga · deity · mythic age · Recorded classification
Gua is one of the older gods of Accra, patron of blacksmiths and associated with thunder and war; his cult, held by the Kpakpatse We family of the Asere quarter, parallels the smith and thunder gods of neighbouring Akan and Fon traditions. Field recorded his worship in the 1930s as an established, hereditary priesthood within the Ga capital.
Domains
- smithing
- thunder
Powers
- to protect blacksmiths at the forge and warriors bearing iron weapons
Relations
- subordinate to: Creator GodGua, like the other gods of the Ga towns, wields his powers under the supreme creator Ataa Naa Nyongmo.Marion Kilson, Kpele Lala: Ga Religious Songs and Symbols, Harvard University Press, 1971. (secondary)
Sources
- Gua is the Ga god of blacksmiths, thunder and war, with an ancient cult in Accra in the custody of the Kpakpatse We family.: M. J. Field, Religion and Medicine of the Gã People, Oxford University Press, 1937. (secondary); Marion Kilson, Dancing with the Gods: Essays in Ga Ritual, University Press of America, 2013. (secondary)