Nyame

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Akan deity creator god deity sky god supreme being

Nyame is the supreme sky god and creator in Akan religion, associated with the sun, rain, and the ordering of the universe.

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All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Akan deity ⓘ creator god ⓘ deity ⓘ sky god ⓘ supreme being ⓘ
associatedDeity	Anansi ⓘ Asase Yaa ⓘ
associatedWith	destiny ⓘ fertility ⓘ life ⓘ order of the universe ⓘ rain ⓘ sun ⓘ
cosmologicalRole	creator of earth ⓘ creator of humans ⓘ creator of lesser gods ⓘ
culture	Akan people ⓘ
domain	heaven ⓘ sky ⓘ universe ⓘ
epithet	Almighty ⓘ Creator ⓘ Owner of the Sky ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Akan ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
influenceOn	Akan religion ⓘ surface form: Akan cosmology Akan ethics ⓘ Akan ritual practice ⓘ
parentOf	Anansi ⓘ other Akan deities ⓘ
region	Ghana ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Ivory Coast
religion	Akan religion ⓘ
religiousRole	giver of commandments ⓘ source of moral order ⓘ
role	creator of the universe ⓘ high god ⓘ supreme sky god ⓘ
spouse	Asase Yaa ⓘ
symbol	rainbow ⓘ sky ⓘ sun ⓘ
title	Odomankoma ⓘ Onyame ⓘ Onyankopon ⓘ
worshippedBy	Akan people ⓘ Akyem people ⓘ Ashanti people ⓘ Fante people ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akan people → deity → Nyame ⓘ

Onyankopon → associatedWith → Nyame ⓘ

Asase Yaa → spouse → Nyame ⓘ

Asase Yaa → consortOf → Nyame ⓘ

Adinkra symbols → hasNotableSymbol → Nyame ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gye Nyame

Adinkra symbols → hasNotableSymbol → Nyame ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nyame Dua