Ama, the Potter, Creates the Human Body (Jukun/Nigeria)
Ama, the creator, a high god, may be a fusion of two or more gods, being sometimes regarded as a male being, at others as a female, sometimes as the creator, other times as the earth goddess or world mother. Ama, creator of all living things, patron of childbirth, nourisher of crops, identified with the earth, queen of the underworld, sits before Chido, who is always present on earth, creating men and things.
Ama created the world at early dawn. She (or he) made the firmament and holds it up. Ama is the earth: when a man dies he goes to ...