Asase Yaa

"ASASE YAA" IS THE ASANTE EARTH GODDESS WHO IS RECOGNIZED AS A SOURCE OF TRUTH; HER FOLLOWERS SHOW HER RESPECT WITH A DAY OF REST FROM TILLING THE SOIL ON THURSDAYS. IN FACT, SHE IS A DAILY PART OF LIFE FOR THE GUYANESE WHO STILL PRACTICE THE OLD SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS. BEFORE A FARMER BEGINS TO TILL THE GROUND, HE MUST ASK FOR HER PERMISSION. SHE IS THE OLD WOMAN OF THE EARTH WHO IS PERSONIFIED AS THE MOTHER OF HUMANITY WHO SUPPLIES HER CHILDREN WITH LIFE AND EMBRACES THEM AGAIN AT DEATH. SHE IS PARTNERED WITH THE SKY GOD, "ONYAME".

AS THE EARTH MOTHER, SHE IS IN CHARGE OF CONTROLLING THE FERTILITY OF THE SOIL, ENSURING A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST, AND ACTING AS THE WOMB OF THE EARTH. HER SACRED DAY IS THURSDAY. FARMERS SACRIFICED COCKEREL TO ENSURE GOOD HARVEST. SHE IS ALSO GODDESS OF DEAD AND TRUTH. SHE IS NOT A DEITY OF WITH SHRINES OR PRIESTESSES AND OFFERINGS SO THAT SHE MAY HELP THE CROPS TO GROW ARE LEFT ON THE GROUND IN HER HONOR.