the Rain-Shrine God
Chewa · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
A territorial-cult name/aspect of the Chewa supreme being (deity), centred on the Chisumphi rain-shrines of the central region. Distinct from but parallel to the M'bona cult of the lower Shire; both are forms of the high-god's rain-giving worship.
Domains
- rain
Powers
- grant the rains through territorial shrines
Sources
- Chisumphi is the name and rain-cult of the Chewa high-god in central Malawi, the territorial-shrine counterpart to the southern M'bona cult.: Schoffeleers, J. M. (1979). 'The Chisumphi and M'bona Cults in Malawi.' In Guardians of the Land. Gwelo: Mambo Press. (secondary)