Divine King
Jukun · demigod · legendary past · Recorded classification
The sacred priest-king of Jukun Wukari; the institution (rather than a single named individual) is registered here as a divine-kingship culture-hero tier. As a deified king and 'son of the gods' he is classed as demigod; vitalStatus immortal reflects the perpetual kingly soul (Aku) passed between holders rather than any one mortal reign.
Parentage
- father: Sky God
Domains
- sacred kingship
- fertility of the land
Powers
- mediate between the gods and the people
- take into himself the soul of his predecessor
Sources
- The Aku Uka of Wukari is the Jukun divine king, regarded as a manifestation of the gods (the sun-god paramount), on whose ritual condition the fertility of the kingdom depends.: C. K. Meek, A Sudanese Kingdom: An Ethnographical Study of the Jukun-speaking Peoples of Nigeria (Kegan Paul, 1931). (ethnography)