Origin: Niger River Delta
Classification: Earth’s Unshakeable Core
Introduction
Maa is the laterite crust cradling humanity—"Her patience outlasts empires; her memory outlives bones."
Cosmic Role
Domain: Agriculture, ancestral memory, stability
Sacred Duty: Holder of human history
Energy Signature: Slow wisdom, geological endurance
Sacred Expressions
Manifests as:
Termite mounds towering over savannah
Ancient pottery shards in farmland
Griot’s silence before revelation
Ancestral Lineage
Consort: Faro (water deity)
Children: All living things
Names & Epithets
Muso Koroni (Ancient Woman)
Maa Ngala (Great Mother)
Dugukono (Owner of the Soil)
Powers
Grows crops from ancestral memory
Swallows oppressors in sinkholes
Anchors civilizations to their roots
Modern Resonance
"In Malian farmers reviving millet banks,
In Timbuktu archivists saving manuscripts—Maa’s soil still remembers what kings forget."