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AKAN MYTHOLOGY


Odomankoma is a creator and with Nyame and Nyankopon forms a triad. Nyame represents the revolving universe; Nyankopon, its Kra, or life-giving power; and Odomankoma, the visible world. Odomankoma is many and is everywhere visible. He alone created the world, working with his mind and his hands: a divine craftsman, some Akan people say that Odomankoma created Earth by carving it from an inert substance that had no kra. He represents creative intelligence, and is venerated as the god of the earth with its mountains, plains, seas, rivers, and trees.

In his role as architect or craftsman, he first created water, the primordial ocean. He then created heaven and earth by lifting up the one and setting down the other. Then other creatures followed, mankind and beasts, the thousands of powers, those things that are seen and those that are not, the numerous things in this world, and the seven-day week, each day of which is ruled by a planet. Odomankoma created Death and Death killed him; Odomankoma left his affairs in the hands of Nyame and Nyankopon

Nyame represented the natural universe; Nyankopon, its kra, or life-giving power

Not all Akan people distinguish between the three name but the ones who do identifies Nyame as the female element, symbolized by the Moon while Nyankopon is considered the male element, represented by the sun
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  1. Anonymous12 August 2019 at 14:11

    All ancient stories have this, when a God created stuff...nothing new. Nyame and Nyankopon sounds like Japanese god and goddess.

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