High-god name among the Luo and shared with the neighbouring Luhya. Often treated as an aspect or alternate name of Nyasaye rather than a fully separate deity; entered separately because both names are explicitly attested in the Luo material. Classified deity (high-god).
Domains
sky
providence
Powers
grant and withhold welfare
Epithets
Were
Sources
p'Bitek, O. (1971). Religion of the Central Luo. Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau.
Ogot, B. A. (1961). 'The Concept of Jok', African Studies 20(2), 123-130.