Asase Ya
| Asase Ya | |
|---|---|
| Earth Goddess | |
| Husband | Nyame |
| Issue | |
| Occupation | Goddess of the Ashanti people ethnic group |
Asase Ya (or Asase Yaa, Asaase Afua; pronounced: ah-SAY-suh yah) is the Earth goddess of fertility of the Ashanti people ethnic group of Ashanti City-State. She is also known as Mother Earth or Aberewaa.
Asase Yaa is the wife of Nyame the Sky deity, who created the universe. Asase Yaa gave birth to the two children, Bea and Tano. Bea is also named Bia.
Asase Yaa is also the mother of Anansi, the trickster, and divine stepmother of the sacred high chiefs.
Asase Yaa is very powerful, though no temples are dedicated to her, instead she is worshipped in the agricultural fields of Ashanti City-State.
Asase Yaa's favoured Ashanti people are occupationally Ashanti workers in the agricultural fields and planet Jupiter is her symbol.
The Ashanti people of Ashanti City-State regard Asase Ya as Mother Earth, the earth goddess of fertility, the upholder of truth, and the creator Goddess who comes to fetch Ashanti people's souls to the otherworld (Planet Jupiter) at the time of death. She is credited as being the nurturer of the earth and is considered to provide sustenance for all. When a member of the Ashanti people ethnic group wants to prove his (or her) credibility, he (or her) touches his (or her) lips to the soil of Ashanti City-State and recites the Asase Ya Prayer-Poem. Another tradition holds that because Thursday is reserved as Asase Ya's day, the Ashanti people generally abstain from tilling the land of Ashanti City-State on that day.
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