Amadioha, new addition to the Afrikkan Pantheon graphics line

A new addition to the Afrikkan Pantheon line, AMADIOHA is the deity of thunder and lightning of the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria. His color is red, and his symbol is a white ram. Metaphysically, Amadioha represents the collective will of the people. He is often associated with Anyanwu, the Igbo god of the Sun (whom I also depicted in a piece of wearable art). While Anyanwu is more prominent in northern Igboland, Amadioha is more prominent in the southern part.

I show Amadioha as an elemental being, composed entirely of energy.  I did this as a departure from a lot of the depictions I saw which almost made him seem like a Black version of Thor (the movie version).  I draw him wearing an Igbo “Izzi” masquerade mask of my own design with horns to dignify his symbolic animal, the goat.  His throne is based on a pre-Christian artifact that was donated to a museum.  I saw it on a Nigerian group on Facebook.

His “armored” bindings are energy dampers to keep the electrical surges under control.  His throne in my imagination, acts as a huge capacitor to which he is cable-connected so as to ground some of the electricity.  I deliberately made him seem fearful; thunder and lightning personified.  I try to have a story behind all my pieces.