Immanent Earthly God of the Bushland
Lugbara · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Adro and Adroa are two aspects of a single creator: Adro immanent/earthly/dangerous, Adroa transcendent/sky/good. Typed deity (immanent aspect).
Children
Domains
- wild and bushland
- rivers and streams
- death and danger
Powers
- dwells in and haunts the wild places of the earth
- fathers the river spirits of the wild
Relations
- ancestor of: River and Tree Guardian SpiritsImmanent earthly aspect of the creator; the Adroanzi river-and-tree spirits already record Adro as parent, so given as ancestor-of to preserve their tier.J. Middleton, Lugbara Religion (1960); the Adroanzi as the 'Adro-children', offspring of the immanent god Adro (secondary)
Sources
- Adro is the immanent, dangerous earthly aspect of the Lugbara creator, dwelling in rivers, rocks and bushland and bringing sickness and death.: Middleton, John. Lugbara Religion: Ritual and Authority among an East African People. London, 1960, pp. 252-256. (primary)