Tutelary Cult-Object
Nupe · deity · mythic age · Recorded classification
Represents the kuti, the Nupe class of tutelary cult-spirits embodied in sacred objects/masquerades, exemplified by Ndakó Gboyá. Spirit-class entities are classed as deity per registry rules; sex unknown as the cult-spirit has no fixed gender.
Domains
- tutelary protection
- protection against witchcraft
Powers
- house the protective power of a tutelary spirit
- wards the community against witchcraft as a tutelary cult-power
Sources
- The kuti are Nupe tutelary cult-objects in which spirit-power is seated; the foremost is Ndakó Gboyá, the cloth ancestral masquerade used against witchcraft.: S. F. Nadel, Nupe Religion (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1954). (ethnography); S. F. Nadel, A Black Byzantium (Oxford University Press, 1942). (ethnography)