Were

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.