Anyanwu

Solar deity, the eye of Chukwu; name means eye of the sun.

Parentage

• parent: Chukwu

Domains

• sun light

Powers

• Give light, warmth and the visible day
• Behold all deeds as the eye of God

Epithets

• Anyanwụ latin · Anya-anwuThe Eye of the Sun (the sun as the eye/light of Chukwu)Talbot, P. Amaury. The Peoples of Southern Nigeria. Oxford University Press, 1926, vol. II. (ethnography)
• Anyanwu na Agbala latin · Anyanwu na AgbalaSun-and-Agbala, the radiant force coupled with the spirit of fertility/oracleMeek, C. K. Law and Authority in a Nigerian Tribe. Oxford University Press, 1937. (ethnography)
• Anyanwụ na Agbala Igbo · Anyanwụ na Agbala · epithetThe Sun and the Oracle (sun paired with divine wisdom)Nri cosmological tradition (Anyanwu and Agbala) (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: AgwuFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Chukwu) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: AlaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Chukwu) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: AmadiohaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Chukwu) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: IdemiliFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Chukwu) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: IgweFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Chukwu) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• existence: Ilogu, Christianity and Igbo Culture (1974) (secondary)