| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Ghost name "Amatongo" | Zulu | A generic name for ghosts. Zulu |
| Spirit name "Ehlose" | Zulu | The guardian spirit which may take many forms, and warns of approaching dangers. Zulu |
| Goddess name "Inkanyamba" | Zulu / southern Africa | storm god. The deity specifically responsible for tornados and perceived as a huge snake coiling down from heaven to earth. According to some Zulu authorities, Inkanyamba is a goddess of storms and water.... |
| Goddess name "Inkosikasi" | Africa | A Chicken hypnotist and a beneficent sky goddess. The Zulu, South Africa |
| Monster name "Isiququmadevu" | Zulu | A swallowing monster who killed Untombinde and who then went on to the chief's kraal, swallowed up all the inhabitants, with their dogs and their cattle, as well as all the people in the surrounding country. Zulu |
| Spirit name "Koolukoolwani" | Africa | It is agreed among the Zoolus, that their forefathers believed in the existence of an overruling spirit, whom they called Villenangi [Umvelinqangi] (literally the First Appearer), and who soon after created another heavenly being of great power, called Koolukoolwani, [Unkulunkulwana,] who once visited this earth, in order to publish the news (as they express it), as also to separate the sexes and colours among mankind. Duling the period he was below, two messages were sent to him from Villenangi, the first conveyed by a cameleon, announcing that men were not to die; the second, by a lizard, with a contrary decision. The lizard, having outrun the slow-paced cameleon, arrived first, and delivered his message before the latter made his apperance. Amazulu, South Africa |
| Goddess name "Mamlambo" | Zulu | The mother goddess and the goddess of rivers. Zulu |
| Goddess name "Mamlambo" | Zulu / Natal, South Africa | River goddess. Considered to control all the rivers running through Natal. Also a patron of beer-makers, who are usually women.... |
| Deity name "Umlimo" | Africa | The creator deity of the Amantebele (Zulu). South Africa |
| God name "Umvelinkwangi" | Zulu / South Africa | Creator god. He engendered all plants and animals on earth and is the father of the god UNKULUNKULU, who was born from a reed and engendered mankind.... |
| God name "Umvelinkwangi/ Umvelinqangi" | Zulu / S Africa | The sky god |
| God name "Umvelinqangi" | Zulu | The sky God who has a voice like thunder and is known to send down lightning bolts. He descended from heaven to marry Uthlanga and created the primeval reeds from which Unkulunkulu emerged. Zulu |
| Spirit name "Unkulunkulu" | Zulu | The creator god and great ancestral spirit of the Zulu people. Unkulunkulu is believed to have grown on a reed in the mythical swamp of Uhlanga. Zulu |
| God name "Unkulunkulu" | Zulu / South Africa | Creator god. The androgy nous son / daughter of UMVELINKWANGI, and the progenitor of mankind, he was born from a reed.... |
"Unwabu" | Zulu | A chameleon who was sent to humanity to grant them immortality. Unwabu was too slow, leading to the current mortality of humanity. The chameleon's color changes from green to brown because it is mourning Unwabu's sloth. Zulu |
| God name "Uthlanga" | Africa | The supreme father and creator god; the source of all beings. The Zulu, South Africa |
| Spirit name "Villenangi" | Africa | The 'First Appearer'. The supreme spirit, and ancestor god. The Zulu, South Africa |
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