Mlimu

Ndebele · deity · primordial · deity

Supreme Being of the (Zimbabwean/Northern) Ndebele, adopted from and identified with the Shona-Kalanga Mwari cult of the Matopos. The Ndebele also call him uNkulunkulu, uThixo, uMdali, uMvelinqangi. Conceived as creator and sustainer; addressed via ancestors and the Matonjeni oracle. Classified deity (high-god).

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