Ancestral Cult-Spirit

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).