Dzi-Mawu est-il le même que Mawu?

Peut-être une variante de nom. Mawu est une divinité céleste bien connue du Vodun ewe et fon, et dzi signifie ciel en ewe. Mais l'identification précise de Dzi-Mawu à Mawu n'est pas confirmée.

Qu'est-ce que le panthéon Hua?

Ce rattachement n'est pas documenté dans les sources accessibles. Le terme n'a pas pu être relié avec certitude à une tradition religieuse identifiée.

Peut-on décrire ses attributs?

Non, de façon fiable. En dehors du lien probable avec le ciel suggéré par son nom, l'entité reste trop peu attestée pour qu'on lui prête des attributs précis.

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DZI-MAWU

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God

💨 AirHuaHua — HuaElder

Gender: MasculineSign: ciel

An entity little attested under this form. The name Dzi-Mawu combines two known elements of the Ewe and Fon area. On one hand Mawu, the sky deity and creative principle of Vodun; on the other the term dzi, which evokes the sky in the Ewe language. A sky spirit named Dzi-Mawu and attached to a pantheon called Hua is, however, not confirmed by the accessible sources. It may be a local variant of the name of Mawu, but this identification remains unverified.

Powers & Attributes

sky

Role in the ROHO universe

Voice of the thunder. DZI-MAWU calls humankind back to justice through the lightning and marks the beginnings. Bound to the Hua pantheon.

Sacred Mask

An ancient ritual mask of feathers, carved bone and crystal, engraved with symbols of sky, embodiment of the power of Dzi-Mawu

Era

Ancient cycle

Frequently asked questions

Is Dzi-Mawu the same as Mawu?

Perhaps a variant of the name. Mawu is a well-known celestial deity of Ewe and Fon Vodun, and dzi means sky in Ewe. But the precise identification of Dzi-Mawu with Mawu is not confirmed.

What is the Hua pantheon?

This attachment is not documented in the accessible sources. The term could not be linked with certainty to an identified religious tradition.

Can his attributes be described?

Not reliably. Beyond the probable bond with the sky suggested by his name, the entity remains too little attested to be credited with precise attributes.

Related spirits

AJOK DENG DJOK EDEKE

Sources and references

Wikipedia (EN), Mawu
Jakob Spieth, Die Ewe-Stämme: Material zur Kunde des Ewe-Volkes in Deutsch-Togo (1906)
Birgit Meyer, Translating the Devil: Religion and Modernity among the Ewe in Ghana (1999)