Aê Du
Rade (Ede) · deity · Rade (Ede) traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Aê Du is the sky-god named alongside Aê Diê in the standing formula Aê Du Aê Diê, by which the Ede address the highest creative power. In prayer and in the opening of the customary-law chants the two grandfather-gods are called together, and Aê Du is generally taken to be the elder of the pair, sharing with Aê Diê the making of the world and the upholding of the order that the yang enforce among the living. Where accounts distinguish them, Aê Du stands slightly apart as the senior figure, but the tradition most often treats the two as inseparable aspects of a single supreme authority.
Domains
- sky
Powers
- upholds the order of heaven and earth
Epithets
- Aê Du Aê Diê — Grandfather Du, Grandfather DiêHauteclocque-Howe, Les Rhadés (1987). (secondary)
Relations
- companion: Aê DiêThe two grandfather-gods form the supreme creative pair.Hauteclocque-Howe, Les Rhadés (1987). (secondary)
Sources
- Aê Du is the companion sky-god paired with Aê Diê in the supreme creator invocation of Ede religion.: Anne de Hauteclocque-Howe, Les Rhadés (Paris: CNRS, 1987). (secondary)