River and Tree Guardian Spirits
Lugbara · deity · mythic age · Recorded classification
A spirit-class collective (the 'Adro-children'); typed deity per schema constraint, with the spirit-class status explained here. Sex 'dual' since they appear as both men and women.
Parentage
Domains
- rivers and trees
- guardianship
Powers
- secretly follows and protects night travellers
- appears as little people or as water-serpents
Sources
- The Adroanzi are Lugbara nature spirits, children of Adro, haunting rivers, trees and rocks, appearing as small people or water-serpents, who guard lone night travellers unless they look back.: Middleton, John. Lugbara Religion: Ritual and Authority among an East African People. London, 1960, pp. 253-255. (primary)