Golden Stool Of Ashanti People And Legend Of The Black Cloud Appearing In The Sky

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – The golden stool is sacred to the Ashanti people. It is a traditional symbol of leadership and a sacred object that holds the souls of the Ashanti people, the living, the dead, and the unborn.

Even today, great pride in the Ashanti King lives on in the tradition of the Golden Stool.

Being carefully protected, the Golden Stool represents the worship of ancestors, well-being, and the nation of Ashanti. It is a symbol of nationhood and contains the Soul of Ashanti (sumsum). In the mythology of the Ashanti people, the Sunsum is one’s Spirit.

A Black Cloud Appeared In The Sky

The Golden Stool is the subject of a legend that tells how the king of the Ashanti was chosen by the tribe’s supreme god, Nyame, whose name means “he who knows and sees everything” and “omniscient, omnipotent sky god.”

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