Earth Goddess
Jukun · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Earth-goddess of the Jukun, world-mother and creatress, paired with the sky-god Chido; their union generates all life. Classed as deity.
Domains
- earth
- creation of humankind
- fertility
Powers
- fashion humans and all living things
Relations
- spouse: Sky GodReciprocal of jukun_chido.spouse — Sky-god and earth-goddess of the Jukun, whose union generates all life.C.K. Meek, A Sudanese Kingdom: An Ethnographical Study of the Jukun-speaking Peoples of Nigeria (1931) (secondary)
Sources
- Ama is the Jukun earth-goddess and world-mother, fashioner of humans and all living things, female counterpart and wife of the sky-god Chido.: C. K. Meek, A Sudanese Kingdom: An Ethnographical Study of the Jukun-speaking Peoples of Nigeria (Kegan Paul, 1931). (ethnography)