Spirits
Luo · deity · mythic past · Recorded classification
Collective spirit-class (juogi, from the central concept jok) of the Luo. Treated as a deity-class entry (spirit-class -> deity), not an individual. English plain word 'Spirits' leads.
Domains
- ancestors
Powers
- mediate, protect, and afflict
- Act as good or evil spirits, known or unknown
Sources
- The juogi (sing. jok) are the ancestral and other spirits of Luo cosmology that mediate between humanity and Nyasaye, classed into good and bad, and into known and unknown.: Ogot, B. A. (1961). 'The Concept of Jok', African Studies 20(2), 123-130. (reference); p'Bitek, O. (1971). Religion of the Central Luo. East African Literature Bureau. (reference)