Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Supreme god name "Mukasa" | Buganda / Uganda, East Africa | Supreme god. A benevolent deity whose main oracular sanctuary was sited on the island of Bubembe, lake Victoria. His first high priest was Semagunga and, by convention, only the tribal leader was permitted to consult with the oracle there. Mukasa provides Rain, food and cattle.... |
God name "Mukasa Buganda" | Uganda | A beneficent god for he demanded no sacrifices |
"Mulenyi The creator" | Uganda | Another name for Imana. Uganda |
Goddess name "Mulindwa" | Uganda | Tutelary goddess of the tribal chiefs. Bunyoro, Uganda |
Goddess name "Mulindwa" | Bunyoro / Uganda, East Africa | Guardian goddess. The tutelary protector of the tribal chiefs and their families constituting the royal clan.... |
Goddess name "Mulindwa Bunyoro" | Uganda | The tutelary goddess of the tribal chiefs |
"Munume" | Uganda | Can be found in Limbo in the Land of the Dead. Uganda |
God name "Munume" | Bunyoro / Uganda, East Africa | God of weather. Invoked during times of drought or deluge and propitiated by means of sacrifice, usually an ox from the tribal chief and sheep or fowl from the villagers. The blood is sprinkled on the floor of the sanctuary and the flesh is eaten at the door.... |
God name "Munume Bunyoro" | Uganda | The god weather |
God name "Musisi" | Uganda | God of earthquakes. Uganda |
Goddess name "Nagadya" | Uganda | Goddess who causes the Rains to fall, allowing food to grow. Uganda |
Goddess name "Nagawonyi" | Uganda | Goddess who, along with Nagadya, causes the Rains to fall, allowing food to grow. Uganda |
Goddess name "Nambi" | Uganda | sky goddess who came to earth and married Kintu, the first man. Uganda |
Deity name "Nawandyo" | Uganda | deity concerned with healing and medicinal herbs. Uganda |
Spirit name "Ndahoro" | Uganda | The Great spirit of the Batoro whose åśśistants are Wmala and Kyomya. Uganda |
God name "Ndaula" | Uganda | The name given to the god of smallpox. Lunyoro, Uganda |
God name "Ndaula" | Bunyoro / Uganda, East Africa | Plague god. Particularly åśśociated with smallpox. His shrines are usually situated on the edge of a community and on the frontiers of the tribal land so that he may be invoked to keep the disease in neighboring territory.... |
God name "Ndaula Bunyoro" | Uganda | A plague god åśśociated with smallpox |