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Asase Yaa

The Earth Goddess, Mother of Thursdays

African Earth, fertility, agriculture, women, childbirth, the cycle of life Before human civilization; co-eternal with Nyame; present in continuous Akan practice to the present Ghana and Ivory Coast (Akan peoples — Ashanti, Fante, Akuapem, Bono, Denkyira); diaspora in Caribbean and Americas
Portrait of Asase Yaa
Portrait of Asase Yaa
Rank Earth Goddess; Divine Feminine; Mother
Domain Earth, fertility, agriculture, women, childbirth, the cycle of life
Period Before human civilization; co-eternal with Nyame; present in continuous Akan practice to the present
Alignment Akan Sacred
Power LEGENDARY 74

Attributes

ATK
40
DEF
90
SPR
82
SPD
45
INT
75
CHA
80
WIS
85
END
95

Combat Profile

ATK DEF SPR SPD INT CHA WIS END
Special Move

Fertile Abundance

grants all allied units regeneration and increased crop yields, manifesting the earth's endless generative power

Passive

Mother's Blessing

all life born upon her soil gains protection; oaths sworn upon her earth cannot be broken without divine consequence

Weakness

Disrespect to the earth; pollution; careless harvesting. Asase Yaa cannot be harmed, but she can withdraw her blessing

“Thursday is Asase Yaa’s day. The earth rests. You must rest too.” — Akan farmer’s saying

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Nemesis / Counter

Proper protocols; respectful farming; acknowledgment of her authority

Primary Source

Oral tradition; documented in ethnographic studies of Akan farming practices and cosmology

Before human civilization; co-eternal with Nyame; present in continuous Akan practice to the present — See in timeline
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