Nanã

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Afro-Brazilian religious figure deity orixá

Nanã is an orixá in Afro-Brazilian religion, revered as an ancient mother deity associated with wisdom, mud, and the primordial waters of creation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Brazilian religious figure ⓘ
deity ⓘ
orixá ⓘ
associatedRitualSpace lakes ⓘ
marshy waters ⓘ
swamps ⓘ
associatedWith ancestors ⓘ
ancient motherhood ⓘ
creation ⓘ
death ⓘ
mud ⓘ
primordial waters ⓘ
transition between life and death ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
attribute ancestral knowledge ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
old age ⓘ
patience ⓘ
color dark blue ⓘ
purple ⓘ
white ⓘ
cosmologicalRole participant in creation of human bodies from clay ⓘ
culture Afro-Brazilian ⓘ
domain earth ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
swamps ⓘ
waters of creation ⓘ
element earth ⓘ
water ⓘ
familyRelation mother of Omolu-Obaluaiê in many traditions ⓘ
mother of Oxumaré in some traditions ⓘ
wife or consort of Oxalá in some traditions ⓘ
religion Candomblé NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umbanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
role ancient mother deity ⓘ
primordial mother ⓘ
symbol clay ⓘ
mud ⓘ
old woman ⓘ
walking stick ⓘ
water ⓘ
veneratedAs guardian of ancestral wisdom ⓘ
protector of the elderly ⓘ
protector of those near death ⓘ
worshipedIn Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Candomblé Angola tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
Candomblé Jeje tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
Candomblé Ketu tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Candomblé → hasPantheonMember → Nanã ⓘ