Yewa
ancestor earth Fon single tradition · 3
Yewa is one of the first humans created by Mawu in Fon mythology. In some stories, Yewa descended from the heavens with Ayida-Weddo and Adanhu.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- Historical notes
- One of the first humans in Fon creation mythology.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Oshumare, Erinlè̩, Oshun, Babalú-Ayé, Damballa, Mawu-Lisa, Yemoja, Olokún, Obá, Iku, Oyá, Eṣu, Ala, Ogbunabali
- allied with
- Ayida-Weddo, Adanhu
- sibling of
- Adanhu
- created by
- Mawu
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“In some stories, Ayida-Weddo descends from the heavens with Adanhu and Yewa, the first humans created by Mawu.”
#3215 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“River deities in Yorubaland include Yemo̩ja, Ọ̀ṣun (Oshun), Erinlè̩, Ọbà, Yewa, etc.”
#3313 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Yewa, oriṣa of fertility, decay and cemeteries, guardian of the transition between life and death. (Yoruba religion)”
#12204 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5