ANYIEWO(Ewe)The Great Serpent who comes out to graze after the rain.The rainbowis his reflection.BUKU(VariousWest African peoples)A sky godsometimes worshippedasagoddess.Bukucreated everything, even the other gods.DANHalsoDAN AYIDO HWEDO(Dahomey)Snake god.The Haitians knowhim as DanPetro.The Rainbow Snakewho encircles the world, Danh is often protrayed with his tail inhis mouth as asymbol of unity and wholeness.DXUI(Bushman;to the Hottentots, TSUI; to the Xhosa and Ponda, THIXO)Acreatorgod.In the beginning, Dxui took the form of a different flower orplant every day,becoming himself at night, until he had created all the plantsand flowers that exist.ESHU(Yoruba)A trickster.Ashape-shifter, Eshu can change his form at will, and caneven seem to be bothhuge and small at the same time.Eshuconfuses men and drivesthem to madness.ButEshu also knows all human tongues and acts as a go-between for mortals and thegods.GUNAB(Hottentot)The enemy of Tsui-Goab, Gunab lived under a pile of stones. Gunabkeptoverpowering Tsui-Goab, but the god grew stronger after each battle. Because hekilled so many, Gunab is sometimes identified with death.Creator of the rainbow.GUA(Gatribe of West Africa)God ofthunder, blacksmiths and farmers.Gua'stemplesare often found at blacksmith's forges.KIBUKA(Baganda)A war god sent to save the Baganda people.The king of theBaganda asked heaven for assistance in war, and Kibukawas sent to aid them.Warnednot tohave anything to do with the enemy's women, Kibuka neverthelessm made love to awoman prisoner.Unwisely, Kibukaconfided in her, and after escaping she told the enemyhow Kibuka could bekilled, by firing arrows into the cloud where he washiding.Kibukaflew off to a tall tree to die, and a temple was builtat the place where his body was found.LEZA(CentralAfrica)"The One WhoBesets."Known to a number ofpeoples, Leza isthe Supreme God who rules the sky and send wind and rain.Leza sits on the backs of allpeople, and no one ever breaks free of him.Leza is said to be growing old and so doesnot hear prayers as well as heonce did.MAWU-LISA(Ewe)The great god and goddess of the sun and moon.Lisa is the sun andMawu is the moon.MULUNGU(EastAfrica)God, the Supreme Being. The concept of a supreme being and creator is nearly universal in Africa,althoughthere are few temples to him.Thetitles which Africans have given God are wondrous intheir variety.A few of these are:Creator,Moulder, Giver of Rain and Sunshine, he WhoBrings the Seasons, He Who Thunders,Ancient of Days, the First, the Limitless, the OneWho Bends Even Kings, the OneYou Meeet Everywhere, the Firelighter, Great Mother,Greatest of Friends, theKindly One, the Providence Who Watches All Like the Sun, theGreat PoolContemporary of Everything, the Great Spider, the One Beyond All Thanks, theBowin the Sky, the Angry One, the Inexplicable.
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