Wagadu

deity Soninke single tradition · 1

Wagadu is an ancient Soninke goddess, whose disappearance and rediscovery are the subject of the ancient Dausi epic in a version of Mande mythology. She is related to Soninke legends and folklore set during the Soninke's heroic era, roughly the 6th to 1st centuries BC.

When

First attested
600 BCE
Attested period
-600 – -1
Historical notes
Associated with Soninke legends during their heroic era.

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“Wagadu is an ancient Soninke goddess, whose disappearance and rediscovery are the subject of the ancient Dausi epic in a version of Mande mythology. She is related to Soninke legends and folklore set during the Soninke's heroic era, roughly the 6th to 1st centuries BC”

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