Ancestral Cult-Spirit
Nupe · deity · mythic age · Recorded classification
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
- The gunnu is a Nupe communal cult-spirit served by the hereditary priest Gunnuko (Ndazo), concerned with fertility and the welfare of the community.: S. F. Nadel, Nupe Religion (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1954). (ethnography); S. F. Nadel, A Black Byzantium (Oxford University Press, 1942). (ethnography)