Nyame, the Creator god, who APPEARS AS A TRINITY. 3 god forms in one.
Nyame, the All-seeing, All-knowing, All-powerful, All-majestic.
He is One In One, and yet Many, and spiritually visible everywhere.
He is every Thing, and hence, He is All Things in One, and One Thing in All.
He is Indivisible, boundless, Infinite, and giver of inexhaustible aboundance.
He is the Giver of life and death. Nyame, the forgiving god, and at the same time, the
punishing God.
The Ashanti and akan Godhead, is exactly like the biblical Supreme Trinity of God the Father,
the son, and the holy Spirit. The name, Nyame was said to be a DERIVA­TIVE
FROM the word, AMEN.
Nyame is expressed in the Trinity of Nyame, the Father god, Onyankopong, the son god,
and Odomankoma, the spirit.
In the Ashanti kingdom of (Ghana),
The term, "Abosom", is a native name given to the
pantheon of gods and goddesses of the Ashanti, and
other members of the Akan language group. The head
of the pantheon is the Chief God, Nyame.
His name translates to "he who knows and sees everything", in the Akan language.
He is called "king of the Lozi people", and it is said that he was the maker of animals,
forests and birds. Nyame is depicted as a benevolent god, but sometimes, aloof, and
distant. They say the sun is his right eye, which he opens during the day, while the moon
is his left eye, which he opens during the night.
The Akan belief system, tells that Nyame is SELF-CREATED, in the sense that He owns all
things.
He is seen as Creator of the Order in which he lives, and thus, CANNOT be created by any
other Being, but his OWN Being.
Nyame's adoptive mother was a goddess named, Ngula. A goddess created by her own son.
Nyame created Asaase Ya, the mother Earth, as his divine wife. Asase Ya , was the goddess
of earth, nature, and fate.
Nyame and Asaase, had two children, namely: Tano, river god of war. And Bia, god of wild
animals. (he is also called Bea). He sent his godly sons to Earth,
where they became associated with bodies of water.
The pantheon derived their power from Nyame, and were said to come from him, and were part
of him. They served as intermediaries and messengers
between Nyame and other beings.
Under the pantheon, are nature spirits and tree spirits called, Asuman.
Under the Asuman, are the spirits of the ancestors called, Nsamanfo.
Nyame had other affairs outside Asaase Ya. One of his other sons, of godly status, is
Anansi , the Spider Trickster god, bringer of knowledge and stories. Nyame's mortal concubines
were, Nasi lele, Mwambwa and Mbuy mam wambwa. And his mortal sons were, chiefs Yeta I, Muyunda
Mumbo , Inyambo, and Ingu lamwa . After Nyame returned to heaven, Nasilele died a few weeks
later.