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Asase Ya

deity earth African single tradition · 2

Asase Ya is the Akan goddess of fertility, love, procreation, peace, truth and the dry and lush earth in Ghana and Ivory Coast. She is also Mother of the Dead known as Mother Earth or Aberewaa. Asase is highly respected amongst Akans.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

Relationships

co occurs with
Ntikuma, Katarwiri, Kwase Benefo, Kweku Tsin, Abam Kofi, Jok Odudu, Bemba, Chiwara, Duga, Faro, Kontron, Muso Koroni, Ndomadyiri, Ninimini, Sanen, Suruku, Teliko, Afua, Asase Efua, Asase, Nyame, Bosomtwe, Owuo, Abu-Mehsu, Amokye
consort of
Nyankapon
parent of
Bea, Tano, Anansi

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Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. List of African deities and mythological figures
  2. Asase Ya/Afua

Source passages

“Asase Ya”

#2525 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“The Asante and most other Akans call Asase 'Asase Ya' meaning 'Earth born on Thursday' whilst the Fante and the other Akans call Asase 'Asase Efua (Afua)' meaning 'Earth born on Friday'.”

#3046 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001