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ID: 901002626
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002626
Record Type: Character/Person

Woyengi (Ijo deity)

Note: Creator goddess of the Ijo people of Nigeria.

Names:
Woyengi (Ijo deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<African iconography> (P)
........<African characters> (P)
............Woyengi (Ijo 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)
culture/religion is .... Ijo (culture or style)
.....(Niger Delta region, Southern Nigerian 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)
role/characteristic is .... creator god
.....(deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Woyengi (Ijo deity)
................National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)

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