Sky God
Jukun · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Sky-god of the Jukun of Wukari on the upper Benue, paired with the earth-goddess Ama; the Aku Uka divine king is regarded as a manifestation of, or son of, the gods, the sun-god paramount. Classed as deity.
Children
Domains
- sky
- sun
- rain
Powers
- send rain and ripen the corn
Epithets
- Chido The Sky; the supreme god of the Jukun, joined with the divine kingC. K. Meek, A Sudanese Kingdom (the Jukun) (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: Earth GoddessSky-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
- Chido is the Jukun supreme sky-god, husband of the earth-goddess Ama, associated with the sun, who sends rain and ripens the corn.: C. K. Meek, A Sudanese Kingdom: An Ethnographical Study of the Jukun-speaking Peoples of Nigeria (Kegan Paul, 1931). (ethnography)