Dahomean religion

Dahomey was a state of the Fon people of present-day Benin. It had an organized state religion.

Mawu and Lisa

Lisa (male) and Mawu (female), married twin siblings of Nana Buluku, are the creator spirits, occasionally combined as Mawu-Lisa, an androgynous spirit. Mawu-Lisa created the world and made it orderly, then made plants, animals, and humans; the entire process took four days.

Offspring-spirits of Mawu and Lisa

Other spirits

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