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African Mythology

Nyikang

Nyikang (Nyikango), the divine first king and founding hero of the Shilluk of South Sudan — the legendary founder of the kingdom and the sacred kingship,

Sep 15, 20267 min read

African Mythology

Kwoth

Kwoth (Kwoth Nhial), the supreme God and creator of the Nuer of South Sudan — the one God, the Spirit of the sky and the universe, creator and sustainer

Sep 15, 202610 min read

African Mythology

Kibuka

Kibuka, the war-god of the Ganda of Buganda (Uganda) — the great lubaale of war and brother of the lake-god Mukasa, who led the armies of Buganda to

Sep 15, 20268 min read

African Mythology

Mukasa

Mukasa, the great benevolent god of the Ganda of Buganda (Uganda) — the deity of Lake Victoria, the waters, fertility, abundance, and health, the chief

Sep 15, 20267 min read

African Mythology

Walumbe

Walumbe (“Death”), the death-bringing deity of the Ganda of Buganda (Uganda) — the brother of Nambi and son of the sky-god Ggulu, who followed the first

Sep 15, 20269 min read

African Mythology

Nambi

Nambi, the celestial first woman of the Ganda of Buganda (Uganda) — the daughter of the sky-god Ggulu who loved and married the first man Kintu and became

Sep 15, 20269 min read

African Mythology

Kintu

Kintu, the legendary first man and founding ancestor of the Ganda of Buganda (Uganda) — the first human, who won the hand of Nambi by passing impossible

Sep 14, 202611 min read

African Mythology

Mulungu

Mulungu (Murungu), the supreme creator-god worshipped across East, Central, and Southern Africa by many Bantu peoples — the high god and maker of all

Sep 14, 202611 min read

African Mythology

Obayifo

The Obayifo, the witch-vampire of the Akan of Ghana — a living person secretly possessed of vampiric witchcraft who by night sends forth their soul as a

Sep 14, 20269 min read

African Mythology

Asanbosam

The Asanbosam (Asasabonsam), a vampire-monster of Akan and West African folklore, closely related to the Sasabonsam — a man-eating demon of the deep

Sep 14, 20268 min read