Zanahary
Zanahary is a sky god who makes a deal with Ratovantany to create humanity. The soul of humans belongs to Zanahary and thus the sky or the sun.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Promoted by Ranavalona I over Christianity.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Andriamahilala, Andriambahomanana
- allied with
- Ratovantany
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“where he makes a deal with the sky god Zanahary to create humanity; having crafted human beings from soil, Ratovantany reclaims the corpse upon death and decomposes it, while the soul belongs to Zanahary and thus the sky or the sun.”
#10378 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Zanahary (also Andrianahary or Ndranan Ahary) is the personified sky and supreme deity of Malagasy mythology and folklore. He (usually male, but sometimes considered genderless) is considered a creator god, having collaborated with the earth god Ratovantany to create humanity”
#10727 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Zanahary saw that Andriamahilala and her husband Andriambahomanana had many children and their children had children. Death was needed. Zanahary asked what kind of death they wanted.”
#18455 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001