What is the real black god name?

Meet Czernobog, the Black God
Alternatively known as Chernabog, Chornoboh, and Tchernobog, the god we meet is a deity of the west Slavic tribes of the 12th century.
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Who is the African god of life?

As that Yoruba myth suggests, humanity would not exist if Oshun, the goddess of life and fertility, had not acted. Other myths hold that Oshun is one of the wives of Shango, the god of thunder. She is commonly described as the favourite of all orishas by Olodumare, because of her beauty and sensuality.
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Who is the African god king?

Olorun (Yoruba alphabet: Ọlọrun) is the ruler of (or in) the Heavens in the Yoruba religion. The Supreme God or Supreme Being in the Yoruba pantheon, Olorun is also called Olodumare (Yoruba alphabet: Olódùmarè).
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Who is the most powerful god in Africa?

Sango is considered to be one of the most powerful rulers that Yorubaland has ever produced and he is also regarded as the most powerful god in Africa. He is the god of vengeance, social order and protection.
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Who is the oldest African god?

According to the tenets of the Yoruba religion, Obatala is one of the oldest of all of the orishas and was granted authority to create the Earth.
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Who is Nigeria's god?

The most powerful Orisha include Olorun, the creator god; Shango, god of thunder who has the power to bring wealth; Ogun, the god of iron and war who is the modern patron of truck drivers; Oshun, the Yoruba "Venus," and Ibeji, the god of twins.
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Who is the African creator god?

Mbombo, also called Bumba, is the creator god in the religion and mythology of the Kuba people of Central Africa in the area that is now known as Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the Mbombo creation myth, Mbombo was a giant in form and white in color. The myth describes the creation of the universe from nothing.
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Who is the African fire god?

The natural forces associated with Shango are fire and lightning. His most prominent ritual symbol is the oshe, a double-headed battle-ax.
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Does Africa have a god?

Most African societies believe in several “high gods” and a large amount of lower gods and spirits. There are also some religions with a single supreme being (Chukwu, Nyame, Olodumare, Ngai, Roog, etc.). Some recognize a dual god and goddess such as Mawu-Lisa.
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What is the African name for spirit?

Ehi is the name of a personal spirit in some West African religious beliefs, especially in southwestern Nigeria and Benin.
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Who is the African trickster god?

Anansi is one of the most important characters of West African, African American and Caribbean folklore. Most often he is shown as a spider and trickster derived from traditional Akan culture. He is usually the depiction of the consequences of your bad actions even though his stories are most based around humor.
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What is Africa in the Bible?

Africa and Africans became the stage against which the prophet proclaimed judgement and salvation to Israel. The prophet Jeremiah and Yahweh's judgement of Africa (Egypt and Cush) can be found in the following passages of the book of Jeremiah: 43:11, 13, 27, 44; 14:12; 46:2, 14.
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Why do Africans worship God?

Africans engage in the worship of God through the divinities and other agents as a response to the intervention of God in their material existence. Worship is also to seek a good heaven after death.
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What gods came from Africa?

  • Eshu, the Divine Trickster.
  • Ogun, the Master of Iron.
  • Shango, the Bringer of Thunder.
  • Oshun, the Mother of Rivers.
  • Obatala, the King of Peace.
  • Oya, the Goddess of Weather.
  • Obaluaye, the Master of Healing.
  • Yemonja, the Whisper of the Ocean.
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Who is the god of death?

Thanatos, in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the personification of death. Thanatos was the son of Nyx, the goddess of night, and the brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep. He appeared to humans to carry them off to the underworld when the time allotted to them by the Fates had expired.
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Who is the black god of thunder?

The son of Yemaja and the mother goddess, protector of birth is Shango the god of thunder who is one of the popular worldwide acclaimed legends from West Africa to be precise Nigeria. He is referred to as Chango or Xango in Lantin America and also Jakuta.
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Is there a god of smoke?

Tezcatlipoca:The Lord of Smoking MirrorsTezcatlipoca is the Aztec god of sorcery - a spirit that sees everything in his obsidian mirror.
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Was there ever a black god?

Black God is, first and foremost, a fire god. He is the inventor of the fire drill and was the first being to discover the means by which to generate fire. He is also attributed to the practice of witchcraft.
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Who is the first god?

Who is Brahma? Brahma is the first god in the Hindu triumvirate, or trimurti. The triumvirate consists of three gods who are responsible for the creation, upkeep and destruction of the world. The other two gods are Vishnu and Shiva.
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Who is the biggest god in the world?

Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within the Trimurti, the triple deity of supreme divinity that includes Brahma and Shiva. In Vaishnavism, Vishnu is the supreme being who creates, protects, and transforms the universe.
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Who is the truly God?

At the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325, the church fathers affirmed that Jesus is “true God from true God.” Today, beliefs such as this one are confessed through creeds in churches around the world, and yet there remains confusion as to who Jesus is.
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Who is the man of God?

Moses (Deuteronomy 33:1; Joshua 14:6; Psalm 90:1; Ezra 3:2; 1 Chronicles 23:14; 2 Chronicles 30:16). Moses is the only person called “man of God” in the Torah.
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What religion is amen?

It is used in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim practices as a concluding word, or as a response to a prayer. Common English translations of the word amen include "verily", "truly", "it is true", and "let it be so". It is also used colloquially, to express strong agreement.
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What are African beliefs about God?

Worldview and divinity

Generally speaking, African religions hold that there is one creator God, the maker of a dynamic universe. Myths of various African peoples relate that, after setting the world in motion, the Supreme Being withdrew, and he remains remote from the concerns of human life.
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Why is Africa big Christianity?

Much of the recent Christian growth in Africa is now due to indigenous African missionary work and evangelism and high birth rates, rather than European missionaries.
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