Dahomey mythology

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The Dahomey (or Fon) are a nation located in Benin, Africa. The mythology of the Dahomey includes an entire ^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]} pantheon of thunder gods; for example, Xevioso (also Xewioso) is the god of thunder in the So region. The head of the thunder pantheon is named Sogbo, which is also used to describe devotees of the thunder gods.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}

Lisa (male) and Mawu (female), married twin siblings, sons of Nana Buluku, are the creator deities, occasionally combined as Mawu-Lisa, an androgynous deity. Lisa (or Mawu-Lisa) is the father of Dan.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]} Mawu-Lisa (or either separately), created the world and made it orderly, then made plants, animals and humans. The entire process is (similar to Abrahamic religions) finished in a (four day) week's time. ^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]} The first day, Mawu-Lisa created the universe and humanity. The second day the earth was made suitable for human life. On the third day, humans were given intellect, language and the senses. Finally, on the fourth day, mankind received the gift of technology.

The other gods were formed from the divine feces of Lisa-Mawu (or both separately)^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]} . Gbadu is a daughter of the pair, and Da and Gu are sons. ^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]} Dan is a snake who assisted in the creation of the universe and currently supports it, with 3500 coils of himself above, and 3500 below, the universe. ^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]} When the myths were transferred to the Haiti, due to the African Diaspora, Dan became Damballah. Lots of Dahomean and other Western African culture art have a vertical snake motif; this is thought to represent the power of "God" (Mawu-Lisa or some other) being transferred to humanity.

Other gods

Ayaba and Loko - sister goddesses
Sakpata - god of smallpox
Gleti - moon goddess^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Zinsu and Zinsi - powerful twin magicians (not sure of gender, or status of divinity or mortality)^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Gu - son of Mawu and Lisa, Gu is the god of war and patron deity of smiths and craftsmen. He was sent to earth to make it a nice place for people to live, and he has not yet finished this task^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Agé - patron god of hunters, and the wilderness (plus the animals within it)

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