{"id":22387,"date":"2022-08-07T17:35:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T17:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=22387"},"modified":"2022-08-07T17:37:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T17:37:44","slug":"mythe-de-la-creation-ashanti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/akan-mythology\/ashanti-creation-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashanti creation myth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/akan-mythology\/\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAkan mythology<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gateway-africa.com\/stories\/Ashanti_on_procreation.html\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWiki<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>here is the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">myth<\/a> of the Ashanti creation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Ashanti creation myth\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/akan-mythology\/ashanti-creation-myth\/#Mythe-de-la-Creation-Ashanti\" >Ashanti Creation Myth<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mythe-de-la-Creation-Ashanti\"><\/span>Ashanti Creation Myth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A long time ago, a man and a woman came down from the sky, while another man and another woman came out of the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The &quot;Lord of Heaven&quot; also sent an African python (a non-venomous snake from Africa), which took up residence in a river.<\/p>\n<p>At first, men and women had no children; they had no desire for each other and did not know the process of procreation and birth.<\/p>\n<p>Python taught them. He asked the men and women if they had children, and when told they had none, the Python said he would make the women conceive. He told the couples to stand face to face, then he entered the river and came out with his mouth full of water.<\/p>\n<p>Which he sprayed on their bellies while saying &quot;Kus, kus&quot; (words that are still used today in clan rituals).<\/p>\n<p>Then the Python told the couples to go home and go to bed together, and the women conceived and gave birth.<\/p>\n<p>The children and descendants took the Python (&quot;the spirit of the river&quot;) as their &quot;Clan Spirit&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Killing or injuring a python is a taboo, and if they find a python that is dead or has been killed by someone else, they put white clay on it and bury it the human way.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mythologie Akan Wiki Voici le mythe de la cr\u00e9ation Ashanti. 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