Nana Buluku is the supreme feminine being of the traditional West African religion of the Fon people of Benin and Dahomey, and the Ewe people of Togo. She is one of the most influential deities in West African theology and shared by many ethnic groups besides the Fon and Ewe peoples, although with variations.
History[]
Africa[]
In the Vodoun religion of the Fon people, creation begins with a supreme female being called Nana Buluku, who gave birth to Mawu and Lisa, created the universe, and then left everything to Mawu-Lisa, deities, and spirits.
Brazil[]
She is celebrated as Nanã in Candomblé Jejé and Tambor de Mina and as Nana Burukú in Candomblé Ketu, where she is portrayed as a female orixá older than creation itself with power over rain, stagnant waters, mangroves, swamps, wet earth, mud and considered the mother of the orixás Obaluaiê, Iroco, Oçânhim, Oxumarê and Ieuá.