the Sky God of Heaven

High-god / sky-creator (deity). Distinct in function from the ancestral creator Mukuru: Ndjambi is the transcendent heaven-god, while Mukuru and the ancestors handle everyday petition. The compound name joins Ndjambi with Karunga, the same root as Ovambo Kalunga.

Domains

• sky
• rain

Powers

• bless and protect from the sky

Epithets

• Ndjambi Karunga

Sources

• Vedder, H. (1928). 'The Herero.' In The Native Tribes of South West Africa. Cape Town: Cape Times.
• Estermann, C. (1981). The Ethnography of Southwestern Angola, vol. 3: The Herero People. New York: Africana.