Oracle God
Krachi · deity · mythic age · Recorded classification
Renowned oracle-deity of the Krachi (Guang) of the Volta region, distinct from the withdrawn sky-god Wulbari; his cave-oracle was a pan-regional pilgrimage centre. Classed as deity.
Domains
- oracles and divination
- rivers and waters
- war
Powers
- deliver oracles from the sacred cave
- Pronounce oracles consulted in matters of war
Sources
- Dente is the great Guang/Krachi oracle-god seated in a riverside cave at Kete Krachi on the Volta, consulted across precolonial West Africa.: A. W. Cardinall, Tales Told in Togoland (Oxford University Press, 1931). (ethnography); Records of the Krachi Dente oracle at Kete Krachi. (reference)