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God name "Wiu" | Nuer / Sudan | God of war. The word means spear.... |
Supreme god name "Wantu" | Sudan | Supreme god. Sudan |
God name "Tule Zande" | Sudan | Spider god who brought the seeds of all the plants on earth Sudan |
God name "Tule" | Zande / Sudan / Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa | Spider god. He descended from the sky on a rope, carrying all plants and seeds. He was also responsible for giving mankind water and the tools of cultivation.... |
Spirit name "Rubanga" | Sudan | Creator god and it was believed that the best way of praying to God was through spirits of dead relatives. At harvest time, the first harvest must be offered to the spirits to thank them for successfully interceding to God on behalf of the living. Madi, Sudan |
God name "Rang" | Nuer / Sudan | God of hunting. The rays of the Sun are his flaming spears. Also Garang.... |
Goddess name "Nyakaya" | Shilluk / Sudan | Crocodile goddess. A deity resid ing in the Nile, she is the consort of Okwa and the mother of the first Shilluk king. Shilluks continue to sacrifice to Nyakaya.... |
Goddess name "Nayakaya Shilluk" | Sudan | the crocodile goddess that reside in the Nile, Shillukscontinue to sacrifice to her |
Goddess name "Nayakaya" | Sudan | Goddess of crocodiles. Sudan |
God name "Naijok" | Sudan | The benevolent god of fate and the supreme being of the Lotuko. Sudan |
Spirit name "Kwoith" | Nuer / Sudan | Creator god. The Nuer people have been affected by the expansion of Islam, and probably by Christianity, and recognize a supreme deity, or spiritual being, responsible for all creation. One of his epithets is Tutgar, meaning strong and without limit.... |
God name "Jumjum" | Sudan | The high god of the Dyong, Sudan |
God name "Jok" | African | Creator god. A generic term employed by a large number of tribes. Generally the jok is represented by a totem and also has an animal name. The Acholi in Uganda perceive jok to live in caves to which they deliver food and drink offerings. For the Shilluk in Sudan, Jwok created mankind from river clay.... |
God name "Emeli Hin Tuareg" | Sudan | A creator god & generic term meaning Lord |
God name "Emeli Hin" | Tuareg / central Sudan | Creator god. A generic title meaning my lord.... |
God name "Emeli" | Sudan | Creator god and generic term meaning Lord, Sudan / Tuareg |
Goddess name "Diang Shilluk" | Sudan | A cow goddess |
Goddess name "Diang" | Sudan | cow goddess and the wife of the first human, Omara, sent by the creator god. Her son is Okwa, who married the crocodile goddess Nyakaya. Shilluk, Sudan |
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