De qui Ashiakle est-elle la fille ?

La tradition ga la presente comme la fille de Nai, le dieu de la mer, l'une des grandes divinites des eaux du pantheon ga d'Accra.

Que gouverne Ashiakle ?

Elle est la deesse de la richesse et de la mer. Elle regne sur les tresors marins, l'or et l'abondance, et on l'associe a la prosperite et a la fecondite.

Pourquoi les pecheurs ga eviteraient-ils de pecher le mardi ?

Selon certaines traditions, Ashiakle serait nee un mardi. Ce jour-la, les pecheurs s'abstiennent de sortir en mer par respect pour les divinites des eaux.

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ASHIAKLE

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Goddess

🌊 WaterGan →Gan — GanElder

Gender: FeminineSign: richesse

Ashiakle is, among the Ga of southern Ghana, around Accra, the goddess of wealth and of the sea. Tradition makes her the daughter of Nai, the sea god, principal deity of the class of the Dzemawodzi, the great gods of the lagoons and the ocean. Born on the waves, she is said to have come ashore borne by a canoe. She reigns over the sea and its treasures, gold and abundance, and is associated with prosperity and fecundity. Her colours are red and white. Some sources say she was born on a Tuesday, the day on which Ga fishermen traditionally refrain from going to sea out of respect for the deities of the waters. A deity of a pantheon handed down above all by oral tradition, Ashiakle is little documented in the written sources, but her cult belongs to Ga religion, in which the sea and the lagoons are venerated as sacred, protective presences.

Powers & Attributes

wealthsea

Role in the ROHO universe

Weaver of the currents. ASHIAKLE watches over the flow of the waters and the fluid memory that binds the worlds within the Mabioni. Bound to the Gan pantheon.

Sacred Mask

An ancient ritual mask of polished ebony, mother-of-pearl and shells, engraved with symbols of wealth and sea, embodiment of the power of Ashiakle

Era

Ancient cycle

Frequently asked questions

Whose daughter is Ashiakle?

Ga tradition presents her as the daughter of Nai, the sea god, one of the great water deities of the Ga pantheon of Accra.

What does Ashiakle govern?

She is the goddess of wealth and of the sea. She reigns over the marine treasures, gold and abundance, and she is associated with prosperity and fecundity.

Why would Ga fishermen avoid fishing on Tuesday?

According to certain traditions, Ashiakle was born on a Tuesday. On that day, the fishermen refrain from going to sea out of respect for the deities of the waters.

Related spirits

SAKUMO AZIRI MAWU ZINSI

Sources and references

Marion Kilson, Kpele Lala: Ga Religious Songs and Symbols (1971)