Danh-gbi
deity earth Dahomey single tradition · 1
Danh-gbi is a python deity worshipped in Dahomey, West Africa. The cult requires respectful treatment of the danh-gbi kind of python, with death as penalty for killing one. The deity has numerous wives and was publicly celebrated until 1857.
When
- First attested
- 1600 CE
- Attested period
- 1600 – 1857
- Historical notes
- Cult documented from early 17th century until mid-19th century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Quetzalcoatl, Aesculapius, Wollunqua
Mentioned by
Sources
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“the cult of the python seems to have been of exotic origin, dating back to the first quarter of the 17th century... Danh-gbi has numerous wives, who until 1857 took part in a public procession”
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