Death-Bringer
Ibibio · deity · primordial · deity
Consort of the supreme god Abasi and the immediate agent of human mortality in Ibibio/Efik cosmology. Foregrounded with Abasi as the origin-of-death narrative. Classed as deity.
Domains
- death
- discord and strife
- divine counsel
Powers
- loose death upon humankind
- intercede with the creator for humankind
Relations
- spouse: Supreme God
Sources
- Recorded Efik/Ibibio creation myth of Abasi and Atai.
- P. Amaury Talbot, Life in Southern Nigeria (Macmillan, 1923).