Earth Goddess
Ibibio · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Earth-deity of the Ibibio and Efik (isong, 'earth/land'), the productive earth counterpart to the sky-god Abasi Ibom enyong. Distinct from Atai, the consort who looses death. Classed as deity.
Domains
- earth
- fertility of the land
Powers
- yield the crops and the potter's clay
Sources
- Abasi Isong is the Ibibio/Efik earth-goddess, source of fertile land for crops and clay for pottery, complementing the sky-god Abasi.: P. Amaury Talbot, Life in Southern Nigeria: The Magic, Beliefs and Customs of the Ibibio Tribe (Macmillan, 1923). (ethnography)