Gbadu is a deity in the Dahomey mythology of the Fon people, who are today based in Benin, Nigeria and Togo. She is one of the daughters of Mawu-Lisa and, like her parents, is understood to combine both a female and a male aspect, though she is mostly referred to with female pronouns. Gbadu is described as the female counterpart to the deity Fa. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Attestation
Veneration TodayActively venerated in a living tradition 2 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / Function Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Dahomey: An Ancient West African Kingdom
Melville J. Herskovits, J. J. Augustin (New York)
Wikipedia, "Gbadu"
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