Further information: African traditional religion and African diasporic religions
- Jeebo
- Jengu - (Sawa) deity of water spirits (also, the name for the water spirits themselves)
- Mami Wata - Goddess of Beauty (one of the water spirits); Accompanied by a snake and wealth.
- Waaq - (Ororomo) Single supreme and universal deity (creator of day and night)
- Amlak (Ethiopian)
- Jah - A name for God (Rastafari)
- Ngai - Supreme god, lives on the holy mountain Kirinyaga (Mount Kenya). (Maasai)
- Mwari - (Shona people of Zimbabwe)
- Nyadenga - (Shona people of Zimbabwe)
- Musikavanhu - "The Creator" (Shona people of Zimbabwe)
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Akan
- Brekyirihunuade, "he who knows and sees everything."
- Kwaku Ananse, a trickster god.
Ashanti
- Anansi - Depicted in numerous forms: a spider, a human or combinations thereof. Known as a trickster.
- Asase Ya - Earth goddess of fertility
- Bia - Personification of violence
- Nyame - Means "God" in the ashanti language.
Dahomey
Efik
- Abassi
- Atai
Igbo
Khoikhoi
Lugbara
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- Mantis
- Prishiboro
Lotuko
- Ajok
Pygmy
Tumbuka
Yoruba
Main article: Yoruba deities
- Babalu Aye - deity of disease and illness.
- Eshu messenger between human and divine, god of crossroads
- Nana - female deity of creation, sky mother, associated with the moon.
- Obatala father of orishas and humankind
- Ogoun deity of iron, war, labour, and technology
- Olorun creator of the universe, sky father
- Orunmila - deity of wisdom, divination and foresight
- Oshun goddess of rivers, love, fertility, and art
- Oxossi hunter and the scout of the orishas
- Oya warrior goddess of wind, hurricanes, and underworld gates
- Shango warrior god of thunder, fire, sky father
- Iemanja divine mother goddess, divine goddess of the sea and Mother of mankind
- Ozain He owns the Omiero, a holy liquid consisting of many herbs, liquid through which all Saints and ceremonies have to go through. Ozain owns the herbs, is a natural healer.
- Agayu - Father of Shango he is also said to be shango's brother in other stories, Agayu is said to be the orisha of volcanoes and the desert.
- Osun - ruler of the head, Ori
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