Bia
Bia is one of the four children of Nyame and Asase Yaa in Akan cosmology. The text does not elaborate further on Bia’s specific attributes or functions.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Worshiped alongside Ananke in a temple in ancient Corinth, as documented by Pausanias.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Abo, Bosompo, Nsamanfo, Abosom, Tano, Asase Afua, Chronos, the Fates, Echidna, Oceanus, Persephone, Styx, Tethys, Erebus, Nox, Perias, Pallas, Nike, Zelus, Kratos, Zeus, Nyame
- allied with
- Ananke
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Nyame and Asase Yaa went on to have other children, such as Bia, Tano, Epo, and Anansi.”
#821 · extracted by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
“Bia, personification of the Bia River and god of the wilderness and wild animals”
#7685 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The ancient Greek traveller Pausanias wrote of a temple in ancient Corinth where the goddesses Ananke and Bia (meaning force, violence or violent haste) were worshiped together in the same shrine.”
#27575 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“there was a sanctuary to Bia and Ananke near Acrocorinth”
#27865 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“by him gave birth to the personifications Zelus (Glory, Emulation), Nike (Victory), Kratos (Strength, Dominion), and Bia (Force, Violence).”
#37351 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5