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
• Eŋai Nanyukie

Sources

• Hollis, A.C., 'The Masai: Their Language and Folklore' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905)
• Mol, F., 'Maa: A Dictionary of the Maasai Language and Folklore' (1978)
• Wikipedia, 'Maasai religion', summarising Hollis and later ethnography