Nyame
c. 1500 CE – 2026 CEattested
Asante, West Africa
- Akan
Akan sky god and creator, remote by design: proverbs say he moved away because a woman kept knocking him with her pestle. Anansi's stories are bought from him, which makes him the owner of narrative itself.
Known for
- the god who withdrew upward
- owner of all stories
- reached through lesser spirits
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.