Onyankopon

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Onyankopon is the supreme sky god and creator figure in the traditional religion of the Akan people of West Africa.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Onyankopon canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akan deity
creator deity
deity
sky god
supreme being
alternativeNameStatus sometimes treated as an aspect of Nyame
associatedWith Nyame
Odomankoma
attribute benevolence
creator of all things
omnipotence in Akan cosmology
category African sky and weather gods
Akan gods
creator gods
supreme gods in traditional religions
conceptType high god in African traditional religion
cosmicFunction creation of humanity
creation of the world
cosmologyRole head of the Akan pantheon
culture Akan people
domain sky
ethnicGroup Akan
gender male
influence Akan cosmology
Akan ethics
languageContext Twi language
surface form: Twi
moralRole source of moral order
people Akuapem area
surface form: Akuapem

Ashanti
Fante people
surface form: Fante
position dwells in the sky
region West Africa
religion Akan religion
surface form: Akan traditional religion
role creator figure
supreme sky god
transcendence remote high god
venerationContinuity continues to be revered in modern Akan communities
worshippedBy Akan people
worshipPlace sacred groves
shrines
worshipPractice libation
prayer
sacrifice
worshipType traditional African religion

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Referenced by (2)

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

Akan people deity Onyankopon
Nyame title Onyankopon