Key Info

- Entrance guardian to Asamando 

- Gatekeeper between the living and spirit realms 

- Paid in burial jewels

- Appears in a form most comforting to the deceased

Brief Bio

In Akan (Ashanti) mythology, Amokye is the guardian of the threshold of death, the entrance to the Asamando (the land of the dead). She is a female figure who welcomes the souls of deceased women. She can be both compassionate and cruel, and her actions are sometimes seen as a test for those seeking to enter Asamando.