Senufo · deity · Senufo traditional religion; continuing · deity
Spirit-class collective entered as a deity (nature/bush spirits) per schema constraints; sex 'none' as a non-gendered class. 'madebele' (sing. 'madeo') = bush spirits; 'sandobele' = diviners; 'yawiige' = their prescribed brass charms. Sources: Glaze (1981); Met Museum; Wikipedia 'Sandobele'.
Domains
wilderness bush
divination fortune
Powers
to grant fortune or send affliction from the wild
Sources
Anita J. Glaze, Art and Death in a Senufo Village (1981)
Wikipedia, 'Sandobele'; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History