Kwoth

Kwoth, Spirit/God of the Nuer, conceived as one Spirit refracted into the many spirits of above and below.

Children

• Diu
• Mani
• Rang
• Teny
• Wiu

Domains

• supreme spirit
• sky air

Powers

• Be Spirit, invisible and present like the air
• Manifest as the spirits of above and below

Epithets

• Kwoth Nhial latin · Kwoth Nhial · cultSpirit of the Sky; the one supreme God who is everywhere and in all the lesser spiritsE. E. Evans-Pritchard, Nuer Religion (secondary)
• Kwoth a ghau Nuer · Kwoth a ghau · invocation'Spirit who is in the sky / God in the heavens'E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Nuer Religion (1956) (secondary)

Relations

• ancestor of: ColwicThe one Spirit (Kwoth nhial) with whom the lightning-slain colwic souls are united; Colwic carries the reciprocal 'descendant of' edge.E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Nuer Religion (1956) (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Evans-Pritchard, Nuer Religion (1956) (secondary)