Nana Buluku is the Supreme Deity of the Fon from Dahomey. This is an article about the Fon people for the article about the Fon chieftains of Cameroon see Fon (Cameroon.
Nana Buluku is an androgynous deity. Like the Judeo-Christian god, Nana Buluku created the Universe and all that exists in it. Judeo-Christian (or Judaeo-Christian, sometimes written as Judæo-Christian) is a term used to describe the body of concepts and values which are thought to be held Twins were born to Nana Buluku: the moon god Mawu and the sun god Lisa. In Dahomey mythology, Mawu (alternately Mahu) is a creator goddess, associated with the Sun and Moon. In Dahomey mythology, Mawu (alternately Mahu) is a creator goddess, associated with the Sun and Moon.
Nana Buluku was also incorporated into the Yorùbá religion as Yemaja, the female thought of the male creator Ashe and the effective cause of all further creation. The Yoruba religion is the religious beliefs and practices of the Yoruba people both in Africa (chiefly in Nigeria and Benin Republic) Yemaja is an Orisha, originally of the Yoruba religion, who has become prominent in many Afro-American religion. [1]
Worship in the New World
Worship of the deity spread to the rest of the world, especially through centuries of captured slaves who were purchased and sold all over the Americas. Candomblé (pronounced /kɐ̃dõˈblɛ/is an African-originated or Afro-Brazilian religion practiced chiefly in Brazil. The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America She is celebrated as Nanã in Brazilian Candomblé Ketu, where she is pictured as a very old woman, older than creation itself; as Nana Buruku, primordial swamp spirit in Orisha tradition. Candomblé Ketu' (or Queto in Portuguese spelling is the largest and most influential nation ( Sect) of Candomblé, a religion widely An Orisha (also spelled Orisa or Orixa) is a spirit or deity that reflects one of the manifestations of Olodumare (God in the Yoruba spiritual
Today the Yorùbá religion, and all its branches, is still practiced by tens of millions of people all over the world and Nana Buluku has an honored place in their faith.
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