Nyame
Sign in to saveOnyame, Nyankopɔn (Onyankopɔng) or Ɔdomankoma is the supreme god of the Akan people of Ghana, who is most commonly known as Nyame. The name means "The one who knows and sees everything", and "omniscient, omnipotent sky deity" in the Akan language.
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- Akan
- Deity.god_of
- Supreme God and Sky Father
- Deity.spouse
- Asase Yaa
- Deity.children
- Bia • Tano/Tano
- Deity.name
- Nyame (Ono nya me)
- Deity.roman_equivalent
- Jupiter
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- Nzambi Mpungu
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- Bakongo
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- Amun
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- Egyptian
- Deity.equivalent3
- Chukwu
- Deity.equivalent3_type
- Igbo
- Deity.ethnic_group
- Akan • Asante, Bono Fante • Afro-Caribs
- Deity.venerated_in
- Akɔm
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Onyame, Nyankopɔn (Onyankopɔng) or Ɔdomankoma is the supreme god of the Akan people of Ghana, who is most commonly known as Nyame. The name means "The one who knows and sees everything", and "omniscient, omnipotent sky deity" in the Akan language.
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