Maasai · deity · primordial / pre creation · deity
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