Anyanwu

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Igbo sun goddess

title: "Anyanwu" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["fortune-deities", "fortune-goddesses", "igbo-goddesses", "knowledge-goddesses", "solar-deities", "solar-goddesses", "tutelary-deities", "tutelary-goddesses", "wisdom-deities", "wisdom-goddesses"] description: "Igbo sun goddess" topic_path: "general/fortune-deities" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyanwu" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Igbo sun goddess ::

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Field	Value
type	Igbo
name	Anyanwu
caption	guilty
deity_of	Sun Goddess of Good Fortune, Knowledge, and Wisdom
symbol	sun disk
norse_equivalent	Sól (Germanic mythology)
venerated_in	Odinala
ethnic_group	Igbo people
equivalent1	Inti
equivalent1_type	Inca
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Anyanwu (anyaanwū, meaning "eye of the sun" in Igbo) is the sun goddess of the good fortune, knowledge, and wisdom in the traditional Igbo religion called Odinala. She is an alusi, a tutelary spirit that was created by the Supreme god, Chukwu, to fulfill a specific responsibility related to nature or a principle. They are similar to bisimbi in Bakongo religion and orishas in Yoruba religion.

Anyanwu is also the name given to a major character in the Octavia E. Butler's Patternist series.

Anyanwu is also the name attributed to the "Spirit Face" (who is assertive) of Sunny Nwazue in Akata Witch and Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor.

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