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ID: 901002569
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002569
Record Type: Character/Person

Owuo (Akan deity)

Note: Akan abosom (lower deity) of death.

Names:
Owuo (Akan deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<African iconography> (P)
........<African characters> (P)
............Owuo (Akan deity) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... death
.....(personal life events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Akan (culture or style)
.....(Guinea Coast styles, West African (general), African by cultural or regional designation, African (general, continental cultures), styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Owuo (Akan deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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