the Spirit-Wife of the Shrine

Mortal office-holder rather than a born individual: an elderly woman installed as M'bona's 'wife' and medium. Listed because she is a fixed, named role in the cult narrative.

Domains

• prophecy

Powers

• receive the spirit's words in dream and trance

Relations

• spouse: the Rain Martyr

Sources

• Schoffeleers, J. M. (1992). River of Blood. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.