Supreme Being of the Luo of East Africa (Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda). Name Nyasaye is widely shared in the Lake region. Distinct from Were (a regional/older name for the high-god) and from the juogi (spirits). Classified deity (high-god).
Domains
creation
omnipresence
rain and fertility
Powers
create the beginning of all things
Grants prosperity, fertility and rain to those who sacrifice
Epithets
Nyasaye
Sources
Ogot, B. A. (1961). 'The Concept of Jok', African Studies 20(2), 123-130.
Mboya, P. (1938). Luo Kitgi gi Timbegi. Kisumu.
p'Bitek, O. (1971). Religion of the Central Luo. Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau.