Aido-Hwedo, the Cosmic Serpent (Fon/Benin)
Aido-Hwedo dramatizes a creative force that is primal, existing before Mawu-Lisa, the power that enabled that creator god to shape the universe. He remains the servant of Mawu-Lisa, this creative force continuing today, sustaining the shape given to the universe by the creators.
He is mythically viewed as a serpent that carried Mawu-Lisa in its mouth as the ...