Overview
Odomankoma Creates the Universe
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(Akan/Ghana)
Odomankoma is a creator and with Nyame and Nyankopon forms a triad. Nyame represents the revolving universe; Nyankopon, its Kra, or life-giving power; and Odomankoma, the visible world. Odomankoma is many and is everywhere visible. He alone created the world, working with his mind and his hands: a divine craftsman, he created the world by carving or hollowing it out from an inert substance devoid of Kra. He represents creative intelligence, and is venerated as the god of the earth with its mountains, plains, seas, rivers, and trees.
In his role as architect or craftsman (Borebore), he first created water, the primordial ocean. He then created heaven and earth by lifting up the one and setting down the other. Then other creatures followed, mankind and beasts, the thousands of powers, those things that are seen and those that are not, the numerous things in this world, and the seven-day week, each day of which is ruled by a planet. Odomankoma created Death and Death killed him; Odomankoma left his affairs in the hands of Nyame and Nyankopon. After his death, Odomankoma was resurrected. See also: Nyame.
