Wounded-Knee Sky-Father
Khoekhoe · deity · primordial / first ancestor of dawn · deity
Classed as deity. Click symbol ǁ = lateral click; ASCII 'Tsui-//Goab'. Theophilus Hahn (1881) is the foundational source; Hahn argued he was a deified ancestral chief of the dawn.
Children
Domains
- sky and dawn
- rain and thunder
- health and protection
Powers
- sends rain and thunder when his people pray to him
- dies and rises again, returning with the dawn
- wars against and drives off ǁGaunab the lord of darkness
Epithets
- Tsui-ǁGoab
- Tsui-||Goab
Relations
- enemy: Lord of Darkness and Death