the Sky Messenger

Intermediary spirit-divinity (deity) of the Ovambo, standing between the otiose creator Kalunga and humankind. Recorded chiefly by Estermann; included to register the mediating tier of Ovambo cosmology beside the high-god.

Domains

• sky intermediary

Powers

• carry the word between Kalunga and mortals

Relations

• ally: the Creator of Life and Death

Sources

• Estermann, C. (1976). The Ethnography of Southwestern Angola, vol. 1: The Non-Bantu Peoples; The Ambo Ethnic Group. New York: Africana.