Luanda Magere

Luo culture-hero / invincible warrior of the Kano plains (Kisumu region), traditionally placed in the 18th century. The shrine-stone at Sidho near Awasi remains a revered site. Classified demigod (culture-hero tier); the supernatural invulnerability and stone-transformation justify the tier.

Domains

• war

Powers

• turn aside weapons with a body of stone

Sources

• Ogot, B. A. (1967). History of the Southern Luo, Volume I: Migration and Settlement. Nairobi: East African Publishing House.
• Wikipedia, 'Luanda Magere'.