Origin: Niger River Delta
Classification: Fire God & Blacksmith Healer
 

Introduction
Ndomadyiri’s forge tempers destiny—"Where flames lick iron, spirits heal."

Cosmic Role

Domain: Metallurgy, ritual purification, transformative fire

Sacred Duty: Mediator between physical and spiritual realms

Energy Signature: Incandescent precision, catalytic renewal

Sacred Expressions
Manifests as:

Embers glowing in midnight forges

Herbal smoke coiling in healing huts

Sparks flying from struck iron

Ancestral Lineage

Part of Bemba quaternity with Faro, Pemba, Nyale

Counterpart: Faro (water deity)

Names & Epithets

Lord of Words (links fire to language)

The Blacksmith Healer

Ngama Incarnate (Bearer of Secret Knowledge)

Powers

Animates tools with protective spirits

Purifies disease through sacred flames

Forges cosmic balance via nyama (energy)

Modern Resonance

"In Malian surgeons sterilizing instruments,
In activists forging protest art from scrap metal—Ndomadyiri’s fire still cleanses."