Sky Creator-God

High god of the Maasai; classed as deity, genderless (sex='none'). The two aspects are given separate entries (maasai_enkai_narok, maasai_enkai_nanyokie). Maa orthography uses ŋ; Anglicised as Enkai/Engai/Ngai.

Domains

• sky and rain
• creation
• cattle

Powers

• lets cattle down from the sky to the Maasai along the roots of the sacred fig
• gives rain in blessing or withholds it in wrath

Epithets

• Eŋai Narok latin · Enkai NarokThe Black God — the benevolent, rain-giving, near aspect of GodHollis, A. C. The Masai: Their Language and Folklore. Clarendon Press, 1905. (ethnography)
• Eŋai Nanyukie latin · Enkai NanyokieThe Red God — the wrathful, drought-and-lightning aspect of GodHollis, A. C. The Masai: Their Language and Folklore. Clarendon Press, 1905. (ethnography)

Sources

• Enkai (Engai/Ngai) is the single supreme creator-god of the Maasai, identified with the sky and rain, giver of cattle and life.: Hollis, A.C., 'The Masai: Their Language and Folklore' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905) (secondary); Mol, F., 'Maa: A Dictionary of the Maasai Language and Folklore' (1978) (secondary)
• Enkai is conceived in two complementary aspects, the benevolent Black God (Enkai Narok) and the wrathful Red God (Enkai Na-nyokie).: Wikipedia, 'Maasai religion', summarising Hollis and later ethnography (secondary)