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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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Vinony's link graph records 147 inbound references to Nyame, and connects out to Akan, Brong people and Central Tano.
Vinony files it under African deities, African gods and African mythology.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- 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
- Deity.equivalent1
- Nzambi Mpungu
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Bakongo
- Deity.equivalent2
- Amun
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Egyptian
- Deity.equivalent3
- Chukwu
- Deity.equivalent3_type
- Igbo
- Deity.ethnic_group
- Akan • Asante, Bono Fante • Afro-Caribs
- Deity.venerated_in
- Akɔm
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Names
- Odomankoma
- Onyankopon
- Description
- Symbol
- See also
- References
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.
== Names ==
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