Katonda
Buganda · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Supreme creator of the Baganda, standing above the balubaale pantheon.
Domains
- creation
- supreme deity
Powers
- Create the world and the first people
- Originate the lesser gods and life itself
- Judge mortals as the eternal king of the universe
Epithets
- Katonda 'the Creator' (from -tonda 'to create') — supreme god of the Baganda; also titled Ssewannaku 'the eternally poor/lonely one' and Lugaba 'the giver'Roscoe, John. The Baganda: An Account of their Native Customs and Beliefs, Macmillan, 1911 (primary ethnography)
- Ssewannaku the Eternal One / the ever-presentBaganda invocations to Katonda (Roscoe, The Baganda, 1911) (secondary)
- Namuginga the Shaper / MoulderBaganda epithets of the creator Katonda (secondary)
- Kagingo Master of LifeBaganda epithets of the creator Katonda (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Roscoe, The Baganda (1911) (secondary)