Igbo / African Moon God: Onwa / Nnanna / Nzu Chukwu by Sirius Ugo Art

Ancient Igbo moon God EZE ONWA. He was also venerated in Sumerian and Akkadian creation account as Nanna, which is NNANNA (father of fathers) and EN_ZU, which is NZU CHUKWU, the sacred calabash chalk of the most high. In Igbo spirituality, moon deities are part of the entourage of AGWU, which are groups of deities associated with wisdom, medicine, astrology, astronomy, philosophy, sacred science, craftsmanship and many more.

Nanna (also known as Nannar, Nanna-Suen, Sin, Asimbabbar, Namrasit, Inbu) is the Mesopotamian God of the moon and wisdom. He is one of the oldest gods in the Mesopotamian pantheon and is first mentioned at the very dawn of writing in the region c. 3500 BCE. His cult center was the great temple at Ur, and he is frequently mentioned in hymns and inscriptions from the Ur III Period (2047-1750 BCE) as the chief god of the pantheon with the epithet Enzu, lord of wisdom. His importance is evident in the number of inscriptions which refer to or praise him and the stories in which he features.