Tano (Ta Kora)

Tano (Ta Kora)

Lesserfolk-consensusAkan religionAsante traditionFante naming tradition (vernacular form)GhanaAkan cultural areas
Origin

The provided sources do not supply an origin narrative for Tano/Ta Kora. What the material does state is that Tano/Ta Kora is an Abosom — a class of lesser deities or spiritual forces in Akan cosmology — which situates Tano within the pantheon of named natural and social forces worshipped in Akan religion. Beyond classification as an Abosom, no source in the set gives a mythic birthplace, parentage, or founding story for this figure.

Appearance

The supplied materials contain no description of Tano/Ta Kora's physical appearance, iconography, animal form, colors, or symbolic attributes. No anthropomorphic or zoomorphic details are given in the provided sources.

Abilities

According to the available source, Tano/Ta Kora is the Abosom of war and strife in Akan mythology and is described in Asante accounts as an Abosom of thunder and lightning. The documents do not elaborate specific powers, deeds, personality traits, taboos, or modes of interaction with humans beyond these domain associations.

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Sources
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    Tano (Ta Kora) — Wikipedia. Wikipedia contributors, "Tano (Ta Kora)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tano_(Ta_Kora)wiki
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    Tano — Wikipedia (disambiguation/entry). Wikipedia contributors, "Tano," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanowiki
  3. [3]
    Wikidata: Tano. Wikidata entry Q3980892, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3980892other
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