West African Mythology

6 figures

Originated among the Ashanti people of Ghana. A trickster who uses wit to overcome stronger opponent...

Yoruba god of iron, hunting, and labor. Cleared the first path through the forest with his blade, op...

Remembered as an early king of Oyo, deified after his reign. Hurls thunderstones and wields a double...

The high god of the Yoruba pantheon. Ruler of the heavens who permits the orishas to manage the worl...

Depicted as a mermaid or a beautiful woman clasping a mirror and a snake. Her imagery absorbed Europ...

Hero of the Epic of Sundiata. Crippled and mocked as a child, he rose at seven and grew into a might...