Sky God

Supreme sky-god of the Nupe of central Nigeria, documented in detail by Nadel. The word soko denotes both the sky and the high god. Classed as deity.

Domains

• sky
• creation
• rain

Powers

• send the rain from the sky

Epithets

• Soko
• Tsóci

Sources

• S. F. Nadel, A Black Byzantium: The Kingdom of Nupe in Nigeria (Oxford University Press, 1942).
• S. F. Nadel, Nupe Religion (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1954).