Asase Yaa deity of,1: 229
bell to call ancestor’s spirit and,1: 435
chain symbol of human relationship and,2: 524
color symbolism of,1:174–175,1:174 (table)
communalism in,2:524–525,2:542,2: 576
conscience and,1: 146
cosmogony of,1:24–25
cosmology of,1:9–10 (figures),1: 25
creation story of,1:10–11,1:24–25,2: 725
cultural characteristics of,1:23–26
“day-naming” tradition of,1: 73
death of a child and,2: 523
death transition from Earth to spiritual life
belief of,1: 69
deities and associated foods and,
1:275 (table)
deities of the clans of,1: 11
destiny concept of,1:197–199,2: 535
divinities origins and,1: 209
drums and,1: 222
Eguadoto“feeding of the stool” ritual of,
2:579,2: 668
Egyptian mathematics and,2: 610
eternal life and,1: 248
ethical system of,1: 146
freedom as engine of morality concept of,
1: 147
ghost soul concept of,2: 628
God as upholder of moral order and justice
and,2: 547
Great Spider, the Wise One symbol of,1: 55
individual identity of,2:525–526
infants and ancestor relationship
beliefs of,1: 163
kinship and community relationship and,1: 198
kra, honhom, sunsum, mogya elements of
individuals and,1: 26
libation, an everyday prayer of,1: 26
life cycle of,1: 8
linguistic dialects of,1: 24
man/woman conception and,1:25–26
material and spiritual elements of humans and,
1:24,1:25,1:26,1:49,1:69,1: 198
matrilineal descent system of,1:10,1:24,
1:49,2: 638
moral code and,1: 147
musuo, “indelible” evils and,1: 147
naming ritual of,2:439,2: 571
nanaeldership and,2: 578
Nana Esi Ketewaa obosom of,1: 174nkrabeaconcept and,1: 198
notion of character and,1:146–147
Nsamanfo (ancestors) reverence of,1:25,1:26,
1:49,2:637–638,2:638,2: 712
number 6 and 7 symbolism of,2:464,2: 610
oath of kingship and,2:469–470
oaths sealed with blood and,1: 127
Okra, Sunsum, Ahom components of human
person and,2:522–523,2:668–669
Onyakopon divinity and,1: 211
Opo ocean deity of,2: 474
original people of,1: 11
personal responsibility concept of,1: 147
personhood concept of,2:521–523
priest and priestess healers of,1: 418
priest training and,2: 600
pronoun “it” and,2: 523
proverbial wisdom, figurative speech of,
1:24,2: 541
sacrificial objects in,2: 584
serpent attributes and,2: 608
soul beliefs of,2: 628
spiritual causes of disease and,1: 414
sunsum (spirit) concept and,1:25,1:26,1:69,
2:535,2:637–638
taboos regarding death of,1: 51
Tano River and,2:648–649
textile arts of,1: 174
three pointed axe symbol of,2: 463
transcendent origin of human beings and,
1: 143
wisdom and,2: 542
See alsoAbosom; Asante; Asase Yaa(Mother
Earth);Kwa Ba(Akua’ba);Nkwa; Nyame;
Okomfo Anokye
Akhenaten, 1:27–33
Ahmosian family and: Amenhotep II,1: 29
Ahmosian family and: Amenhotep III,1:29–30
Ahmosian family and: Amenhotep Iv in
ascendancy,1: 30
Amen and his city and,1:27,1:33–34
Amenhotep and,1: 39
Amen-Ra (Amon-Ra) and,1:27,1:32,1:38,
1:75,2: 557
18th dynasty of Kemet and,1: 27
as “father of monotheism,”1: 32
“Glory of Aten” name meaning and,1: 28
Hapi and,1: 303
with his Queen Nefertiti worshipping Aten or
Aton, the Sun God,1: 28800 Index