Akan religion

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Akan religion is the indigenous spiritual belief system of the Akan people of Ghana and Ivory Coast, centered on a supreme creator, ancestral veneration, and a rich pantheon of deities associated with natural and social forces.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Akan traditional religion 21
Akan religion canonical 7
Akan cosmology 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akan culture ⓘ
ethnic religion ⓘ
indigenous African religion ⓘ
traditional religion ⓘ
associatedWithFestival Adae Kese ⓘ
Akwasidae ⓘ
Odwira ⓘ
centralPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
communal worship ⓘ
ritual purification ⓘ
earthDeity Asase Yaa ⓘ
hasAfterlifeBelief ancestors dwell in spiritual realm ⓘ
continued existence of the soul ⓘ
possibility of reincarnation within the lineage ⓘ
hasConcept Honam ⓘ
Kra ⓘ
Nkrabea ⓘ
Okra ⓘ
linked to: Abelmoschus

Sunsum ⓘ
hasCoreBelief ancestral veneration ⓘ
belief in a supreme creator deity ⓘ
moral order enforced by spiritual beings ⓘ
reverence for nature spirits ⓘ
hasDeity Abosom ⓘ
Asase Yaa ⓘ
Bia ⓘ
Bosomtwe ⓘ
Nyame ⓘ
Odomankoma ⓘ
Onyankopon ⓘ
Sasabonsam ⓘ
Tano ⓘ
linked to: Tano River
hasMoralCode communal responsibility ⓘ
respect for elders ⓘ
taboos related to sacred days ⓘ
truthfulness ⓘ
hasRitual divination ⓘ
festival observances ⓘ
libation pouring ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
spirit possession ceremonies ⓘ
hasRitualSpecialist akomfo ⓘ
traditional priest ⓘ
hasSacredObject amulets ⓘ
blackened stool ⓘ
linked to: Denkyira stool

stool ⓘ
hasSacredPlace family shrines ⓘ
mountains ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
sacred groves ⓘ
influencedBy Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
influences Akan art and symbolism ⓘ
Akan chieftaincy rituals ⓘ
Akan customary law ⓘ
Akan naming practices ⓘ
languageOfPractice Fante ⓘ
linked to: Fante people

Twi ⓘ
linked to: Twi language
practicedBy Akan people ⓘ
practicedIn Ghana ⓘ
Ivory Coast ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire
supremeDeity Nyame ⓘ
Onyankopon ⓘ
teaches Nyame is remote and approached through lesser deities ⓘ
linked to: Nyame

ancestors act as intermediaries between humans and deities ⓘ
every person has a soul from Nyame ⓘ
moral behavior affects one’s destiny ⓘ
viewsNyameAs creator of the universe ⓘ
source of all life ⓘ
worldview close relationship between visible and invisible worlds ⓘ
universe populated by spiritual beings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

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

African traditional religion → includes → Akan religion ⓘ
Tano Sacred Grove → religiousTradition → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Akan states → religion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Asantehene → religionTraditionallyAssociated → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Okomfo Anokye → religiousTradition → Akan religion ⓘ
Denkyira → religion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Akwasidae festival → religion → Akan religion ⓘ
Ekuona → religion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Asakyiri → religiousContext → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Nyame → religion → Akan religion ⓘ
Nyame → influenceOn → Akan cosmology ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Onyankopon → religion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Asase Yaa → religion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Akwasidae → religiousTradition → Akan religion ⓘ
Adae Kese → religiousContext → Akan religion ⓘ
Adinkra symbols → religiousContext → Akan spirituality ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Adinkra symbols → associatedWith → Akan cosmology ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Wassa → religion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Omanhene → associatedWithReligion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Agona → religion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Nzema people → traditionalReligion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Asante Traditional Buildings → religion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Ashanti Kingdom → religion → Akan religion ⓘ
Manhyia Palace → religiousTradition → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Oguaa Fetu Afahye → religiousContext → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Anyin people → traditionalReligion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Sehwi culture → religion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Spider → inspiredBy → Akan folklore ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Asante → ethnicReligion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Oyoko dynasty → religionTraditionally → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Opoku Ware I → religion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
Kwabena → usedInReligion → Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion