RATOVOANTANY The creator god of the Madagascan pantheon, Ratovoantany was himself created by the supreme god, Zanahary, who found him on the earth, drying clay figures of human beings and animals that he hadmade. Ratovoantany, however, could not give these figures life, and Zanahary said he would do so, but the creatures must live in heaven. The other god refused, and as acompromise they agreed that the supreme god could give life to the men, but he wasalso allowed to take it back.