Asase Yaa
The earth in Akan religion, honoured with libations rather than temples. Her day-name, Yaa, marks her as Thursday-born, and in many Asante areas the land was not farmed on her day.
Divine domains
Gods of Dead
3 deities from 3 traditions whose entries in this atlas list dead among their domains, grouped by tradition.
Akan
Hittite
Sun-goddess of the Earth
The Hittite ruler of the underworld, the 'Dark Earth', identified with the Hurrian Allani and the Mesopotamian Ereškigal: the sun as it travels beneath the earth at night.
Inuit
Anguta
In Baffin Island tellings recorded by Franz Boas, the Sea Woman's father, who cut off her fingers and now lives with her in Adlivun, carrying the dead to that dwelling.
Quick answers
- Who is the Akan god of dead?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Akan deity whose domains include dead is Asase Yaa.
- Who is the Hittite god of dead?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Hittite deity whose domains include dead is Sun-goddess of the Earth.
- Who is the Inuit god of dead?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Inuit deity whose domains include dead is Anguta.
Related domains
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