Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts

Goddess Mujaji

 



Mujaji is a rain goddess from South Africa.

Mujaji is the goddess of rain, purification, and drought.

In preparation for ceremony, she washes worshipers, and the people dance as a sacrifice to her.


~Kiran Atma

Goddess Ala

 



Ala is a West African earth deity. 


  • Ala is a Nigerian deity of the Ibo tribe. 
  • She is the goddess of death as well as the Mother of All Things. 
  • As queen of the underworld, she invites the souls of the deceased back into her womb, giving birth to the beginning of all life. 
  • Ala despises any deadly act, which she sees as a disturbance of life and death's natural cycle. 
  • Her emblem is the crescent moon, and her temples, depicting her as a sitting lady cradling a tiny infant, are typically built in the heart of communities.

Goddess Akwaba Or Akuaba



Akwaba, sometimes spelled Akuaba, is an African mother deity. 


  • The Ashanti people of Ghana hang Akwaba pictures above doors as a sign of welcome, assuring visitors that they would be properly looked after once they enter the house. 
  • When young maidens begin to menstruate, they are given her picture as a symbol that they are being welcomed into motherhood. 
  • Akwaba guarantees that women have no problems conceiving and that pregnant women have healthy, beautiful offspring.