Immanent Earthly God of the Bushland

Lugbara · deity · primordial · deity

Adro and Adroa are two aspects of a single creator: Adro immanent/earthly/dangerous, Adroa transcendent/sky/good. Typed deity (immanent aspect).

Children

River and Tree Guardian Spirits

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 Spirits

Sources

Middleton, John. Lugbara Religion: Ritual and Authority among an East African People. London, 1960, pp. 252-256.

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