Gleti

{{Short description|Moon goddess in Benin}}

Gleti{{pron}}{{fix|text=Fongbe form?}} is a moon goddess of the Fon people from the Kingdom of Dahomey, situated in what is now Benin.{{cite book|author=Priestess Brandi Auset|title=The Goddess Guide: Exploring the Attributes and Correspondences of the Divine Feminine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Io7i9VhQ6wEC&pg=PT55|year=2009|publisher=Llewellyn Worldwide|isbn=978-0-7387-1551-3|pages=55}}{{cite book|author1=Charles Russell Coulter|author2=Patricia Turner|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sEIngqiKOugC&pg=PA193|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-96390-3|pages=193}}

In Dahomey mythology, she is the mother of all the stars. An eclipse is caused by the shadow of the moon's husband crossing her face.

See also

{{Portal|Traditional African religion}}

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