Sky God
Mossi · deity · Mossi traditional religion; pre Islamic and continuing · Recorded classification
Mossi 'Wẽnde'/'Wẽnnam' is both the high god and the word for the sun/sky; the elaborated personal name is Naba Zid-Wende ('Chief of Everlasting Truth'). Principal scholarship: Skinner (1964); Dim Delobsom (1932); creation narrative in Guirma (1971).
Domains
- sky supreme creator
- sun rain life
Powers
- to create the earth, day, night and living things
Epithets
- Wende The supreme sky-and-sun god of the Mossi, source of order and destinyMossi (Burkina Faso) ethnography (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: Earth GoddessSky-god and earth-goddess form the complementary divine pair of Mossi religion; Tenga is commonly spoken of as Wende's consort.E. P. Skinner, The Mossi of the Upper Volta (Stanford 1964) (secondary)
Sources
- Wende (Wennam), the Mossi sky-god and supreme creator, made the world and is the source of sun, rain and life; he is paired with the earth-power Tenga, remaining a distant high god who governs the natural order.: Elliott P. Skinner, The Mossi of the Upper Volta (1964) (secondary); A.A. Dim Delobsom, L'empire du Mogho-Naba (1932) (secondary); Frédéric Guirma, Tales of Mogho (1971) (secondary)