Mawu
Mawu is a feminine deity in Fon belief. Mawu had to work with the trickster Legba and the snake Aido Hwedo to create living beings. This method of creation imbued the good, the bad, and a destiny for every creature including human beings.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- 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, Nana Buluku, Orisa-Yemowo, Nanan-bouclou, Anyanwu, Nyàmbé, Magec, Nzambi Mpungu, Minona, Aovi, Abi, Duwo, Kiti, Agbanukwè, Zosẽ, Sakpatá, Gu, Rongo, Abassi, Atai, Libanza, Mebege, Nzame, Njambe, Ruwa, Agé, Ayaba, Da, Gleti, Loko
- allied with
- Legba, Aido Hwedo
- sibling of
- Lisa
- aspect of
- Mawu-Lisa
- consort of
- Lisa
- teacher of
- Gbǎdù
- creator of
- Adanhu, Yewa, Aido Hwedo
- manifested by
- Mawu-Lisa
- served by
- Aido Hwedo, Awe, Legba
- child of
- Nana Buluku
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Source passages
“Mawu”
#2598 · 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. In Fon belief, the feminine deity Mawu had to work with the trickster Legba”
#3279 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Mawu is Mowo (Yeye Mowo), who is female and consort of Orisa (Obatala) in Ife”
#3294 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Mawu, Dahomey goddess associated with the Sun and the Moon”
#15402 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“He is the twin brother of Gun, and is one of the children of Mawu and Lisa.”
#20597 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001