Hausa · deity · living Bori tradition; pre Islamic roots · deity
Spirit-class figure entered as a deity (senior female iska). 'Inna' is the everyday Hausa word for 'mother'; 'Uwargona' ~ 'mother/owner of the farm field'. The Doguwa are a wild, dangerous category of bori spirits. Sources: Besmer (1983); Tremearne (1914).
Domains
motherhood women
illness affliction
Powers
to seize a person with possession-sickness and trance
Epithets
Inna
Sources
Fremont E. Besmer, Horses, Musicians, and Gods (1983)
A.J.N. Tremearne, The Ban of the Bori: Demons and Demon-Dancing in West and North Africa (1914)