Buk
Nuer · deity · mythic · deity
Female spirit of the above, mother of Deng, linked with rivers; the most important of the Nuer 'spirits of the above' after Deng.
Children
Domains
- sky above
- rivers fertility
Powers
- Be mother of the sky-spirit Deng
- is the mother of the rain-spirit Deng among the spirits of the above
- dwells in and gives power over rivers and streams
Relations
Sources
- Evans-Pritchard, Nuer Religion (1956)
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