Nyame
Nyame is the supreme creator god of Akan spirituality, described as omniscient and omnipotent. He created the universe and is considered distant, not interacting directly with humans. Nyame is associated with Saturdays and Saturday-borns.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Bosomtwe, Owuo, Abu-Mehsu, Amokye, Asase Ya, Ntikuma, Katarwiri, Kwase Benefo, Kweku Tsin, Abam Kofi, Jok Odudu, Bemba, Chiwara, Duga, Faro, Kontron, Muso Koroni, Ndomadyiri, Ninimini, Sanen, Suruku, Teliko, Ya Nsia, Aso, Tano, Bia, Epo, Abo, Bosompo, Nsamanfo, Abosom, Onini, Mmoboro, Osebo, Anansi
- consort of
- Asase Yaa
- sibling of
- Nyankapon
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“the Akan god, Nyame rested after creating the earth.”
#831 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Nyame is the Twi word for God, and the Adinkra symbol "Gye Nyame" means "I Fear None Except God".”
#2508 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Nyame”
#2531 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Nipa nyina ye Nyame mma, obi nye Asase ba: lit All mankind is Onyame's offspring, no one is the offspring of the Land. This means that spiritually (as far as Sunsum and Kra go) humans are not Asase's children as all sunsum and kra return to Nyame after death.”
#3061 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Anansi wanted to acquire the stories of the sky god Nyame, who held all the stories to himself. Nyame tasks Anansi with four challenges in exchange for them: the capture of the python Onini, the hornets known as Mmoboro, the leopard Osebo, and the dwarf Mmoatia. Anansi brings them along with Ya Nsia to Nyame”
#3375 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001