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- Zanahary is the personified sky and supreme deity of Malagasy mythology and folklore. He (usually male, but sometimes considered genderless) is considered...
- Madagascar tells of a creator deity referred to as Zanahary, and the division of Heaven and Earth between Zanahary and his son, Andrianerinerina, a rebellious...
- in the Malagasy creation myths, where he makes a deal with the sky god Zanahary to create humanity; having crafted human beings from soil, Ratovantany...
- of God (Zanahary) from which the line of Merina rulers is said to have descended.[citation needed] According to the legend, the son of Zanahary descended...
- holds that the art was supernaturally communicated to the ancestors, with Zanahary (the supreme deity of Malagasy religion) giving it to Ranakandriana, who...
- were part of the Sakalava people. The resulting child, a son, was named Zanahary - a name now used in Madagascar to mean a God. Ramaromanompo was the new...
- of Iboina king Andrianbaba. Ratsimilaho's son Zanahary succeeded him in 1755. A despotic leader, Zanahary launched a series of attacks against villages...
- addition, the Malagasy traditionally believe in a creator god, called Zanahary or Andriamanitra. Islam was first brought to Madagascar in the Middle Ages...
- to animism practiced in other parts of the world. A creator deity named Zanahary was also recognized, and is still invoked for ceremonial purposes. The...
- mythology. Zanahary saw that Andriambahomanana and his wife Andriamahilala had many children and their children had children. Death was needed. Zanahary asked...