It is associated with death and eight Abosom or powerful rulers known as the Lords of Asamando, or the Anadwora, which roughly translates to 'lords of the night'.
She carries a brass pan at her side that contains beads and amoasies for women.
[4][2] Asamando is the home of various spiritual beings who are prohibited from leaving by the abosom, because if they entered the corporeal world, they would make apparitions that could petrify or kill mortals.
It is believed that a pregnancy lasts nine months because that is how long it takes for a soul to return to the corporeal world.
[1] The defied ancestors are revered as they have achieved a feat that even the abosom have not – conquering death as a human.