Communal cult-spirit of the Nupe, distinct from the protective kuti/Ndakó Gboyá masquerade; served by the hereditary Gunnuko priesthood. Spirit-class entity classed as deity; sex unknown.
Domains
ancestral cult
fertility
Powers
renew the community through its hereditary cult
renews the fertility of the land through the annual Gunnu festival
Sources
S. F. Nadel, Nupe Religion (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1954).
S. F. Nadel, A Black Byzantium (Oxford University Press, 1942).