Lisa
deity sky African single tradition · 4
Lisa is a deity in the Vodoun religion of the Fon people. Lisa is paired with Mawu as Mawu-Lisa (Moon-Sun, female-male). Mawu-Lisa created numerous minor imperfect deities.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Loko, Salosteles, Zinsi, Zinsu, Abuk, Aiwel, Deng, Kejok, Nhialic, Baa-Wamnde, Bâgoumâwel, Bocoonde, Buytoorin, Celi, Dandi, Dumunna, Foroforondu, Ga, Gorko-mawɗo, Guéno, Haɓɓana-koel, Hammadi, Kaidara, Kiikala, Koumbasara, Koumen, Lewru, Naagara, Naange, Ndurbeele, Neɗɗo, Neɗɗo-mawɗo, Njeddo Dewal, Nounfayiri, Silé Sadio, Sitti, Tongo, Tooke, Tyanaba, Aido Hwedo, Nana Buluku, Minona, Orisa-Yemowo, Nanan-bouclou, Mawu, Sakpatá, Gu, Rongo, Abassi, Atai, Libanza, Mebege, Nzame, Njambe, Ruwa, Agé, Ayaba, Da, Gleti, Legba
- sibling of
- Mawu
- aspect of
- Mawu-Lisa
- consort of
- Mawu
- manifested by
- Mawu-Lisa
- child of
- Nana Buluku
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Source passages
“Lisa”
#2596 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Nana Buluku, who gave birth to Mawu and Lisa and created the universe. After giving birth, the mother supreme retired and left everything to Mawu-Lisa (Moon-Sun, female-male), deities, spirits, and inert universe. Mawu-Lisa created numerous minor imperfect deities”
#3280 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Lisa is Orisa also known as Obatala and Osegbo/Oseremagbo, the creator and sky deity of the Yoruba”
#3295 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“He is the twin brother of Gun, and is one of the children of Mawu and Lisa.”
#20598 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001