Oshun is commonly called the river orisha, or goddess, in the
Perhaps the most well-known and one of the most popular, Oshun was the goddess of fertility, love, and freedom. With her golden dress and jewelry that makes her dark skin glow, Oshun represented divine feminine energy and power.
Sango is regarded as the most powerful god in Africa and one of the most popular gods around the world. He is the god of vengeance, protection, social order and more. His symbol is a double headed-axe.
Ala (also known as Ani, Ana, Ale, and Ali in varying Igbo dialects) is the female Alusi (deity) of the earth, morality, fertility, and creativity in Odinani. In Odinani, Ala rules over the underworld and holds the deceased ancestors in her womb.
Ala (Igbo) -Ala rules over the underworld and holds the deceased ancestors in her womb. Ala is a goddess of the Ibo, African people of eastern Nigeria.
Asase Ya/Afua (or Asase Yaa, Asaase Yaa, Asaase Afua, Asaase Efua) is the goddess of fertility, love, procreation, peace, truth and the dry and lush earth of the Akan of Ghana and Ivory Coast. She is also Mother of the Dead known as Mother Earth or Aberewaa.
Mother Nature
The Dark appearance of Kali represents the darkness from which everything was born. Her complexion is black. As she is also the goddess of Preservation, Kali is worshiped as the preserver of nature. Kali is standing calm on Shiva, her appearance represents the preservation of mother nature.
Goddess Africa, also known as Dea Africa, was the personification of Africa by the Romans in the early centuries of the common era. She was one of the fertility and abundance deities to some. Her iconography typically included an elephant-mask head dress, a cornucopia, a military standard, and a lion.
In the Yoruba cosmology of southwestern Nigeria and Benin, Oshun is the goddess, or orisha, of love, sensuality, and femininity. She is a river goddess, and one of her attributes is to bring forth sweet and fertile waters.
In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Erebus (/ˈɛrɪbəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἔρεβος, romanized: Érebos, "deep darkness, shadow"), or Erebos, is the personification of darkness and one of the primordial deities. Hesiod's Theogony identifies him as one of the first five beings in existence, born of Chaos.
First that there were no black people in Greek mythology, and then, that Achilles was described as black. As always, disclaimer: I'm no formal expert on the subject. I just really love Greek Mythology, so I know quite a bit.
Olokun is highly praised for their ability to give great wealth, health, and prosperity to their followers. Communities in both West Africa and the African diaspora view Olokun variously as female, male, or androgynous.
According to certain accounts, Gbadu is considered the goddess of fate in Dahomey mythology. Her myths are heavily associated with the Ifa or Fa divination, and according to Dahomean folklore, her offspring were responsible for teaching and spreading the practice among humans.
Often depicted as a queenly mermaid, Yemaya is considered the Ocean Mother Goddess in Santería, an Afro-Caribbean religion practiced around the world. With anchored roots in the Yoruba religion, Yemaya was brought over to the New World by enslaved Africans as early as the 16th century.
Meet Czernobog, the Black God
Alternatively known as Chernabog, Chornoboh, and Tchernobog, the god we meet is a deity of the west Slavic tribes of the 12th century.
Way back in the mythic past, Black Adam (12A) was 'a slave who defeated a king': hailed as his nation's champion, he was transformed into a demi-god.
Yemonja, also spelled Yemoja or Yemaja, Yoruban deity celebrated as the giver of life and as the metaphysical mother of all orisha (deities) within the Yoruba spiritual pantheon.
According to mythology, our own namesake, the West African creator-goddess Mawu, created the earth and everything upon it. Mawu - a powerful female deity - also created humans, bestowing upon them Sekpoli (the breath of life), ruling their destinies on earth and beyond it.
In Greek mythology, Nyx (/nɪks/ NIX; Ancient Greek: Νύξ Nýx, [nýks], "Night") is the goddess and personification of the night. In Hesiod's Theogony, she is the offspring of Chaos, and the mother of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Erebus (Darkness).
Aja, also known as Wild Wind, is a rare African Earth goddess who cures the sick with herbs while protecting the forests and woodland creatures. She is also said to be kind, revealing herself to humans in a peaceful and humble manner.
Mahākāla was originally represented in East Asian Buddhist art as a dark-skinned wrathful deity wearing a diadem and a necklace of skulls, with snakes coiled around his neck and arms.
Oya is one many Irunmole, of the Yoruba Pantheon. Her origins place her in Nupe and she migrated into the Oyo lineage.
Shakti: The Power of the Feminine.