Sky God

Nupe · deity · primordial · deity

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).

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