Mawu

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Mawu is the benevolent supreme creator goddess in West African Vodun religion, often associated with the moon, fertility, and cosmic order.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mawu canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deity ⓘ
associatedWith coolness ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
creation ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
gentleness ⓘ
moon ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
night ⓘ
complementaryAspect Lisa ⓘ
conceptualizedAs mother of the gods ⓘ
source of moral law ⓘ
consort Lisa ⓘ
cosmicDomain heaven ⓘ
moon ⓘ
sky ⓘ
creatorOf animals ⓘ
humans ⓘ
plants ⓘ
world ⓘ
culture Ewe people ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Fon people ⓘ
ethnicContext Ewe ⓘ
Fon ⓘ
formsDualDeityWith Mawu-Lisa ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
languageOfName Ewe ⓘ
Fon ⓘ
moralCharacter benevolent ⓘ
compassionate ⓘ
just ⓘ
nameType theonym ⓘ
parentOf various Vodun deities ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
religion Vodun ⓘ
West African Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
role cosmic order maintainer ⓘ
fertility goddess ⓘ
supreme creator ⓘ
spouse Lisa ⓘ
worshipPractice honored in Vodun rituals ⓘ
invoked for blessings ⓘ
invoked for fertility ⓘ
invoked for protection ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.