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Mawu

Creator goddess in Dahomey mythology
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Mawu

Summary

Mawu is a Loa[1]. She draws 98 Wikipedia views per month (loa category, ranking #8 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mawu's religion is recorded as Candomblé[3].
  • Mawu is recorded as female[4].
  • Mawu's instance of is recorded as Loa[5].
  • Mawu's instance of is recorded as mythical creature[6].
  • Mawu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09g7r2v[7].
  • Mawu's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Mawu[8].
  • Mawu's sibling is recorded as Lisa[9].

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Personal Life

Mawu's religion is recorded as Candomblé[3].

Why It Matters

Mawu draws 98 Wikipedia views per month (loa category, ranking #8 of 21).[2] She has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] She is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → female
    Sibling → Lisa
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → Loa, mythical creature
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P800]]: [[Q2]], #pwb Copy label Add relevant werk (P800)"
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