the Sky Messenger
Ovambo · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
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- ally: the Creator of Life and DeathIntermediary divinity standing between the withdrawn creator Kalunga and humankind, bearing prayers upward.Carlos Estermann, The Ethnography of Southwestern Angola, vol. I (1976) (secondary)
Sources
- Among the Ovambo, Musisi is an intermediary divinity who mediates between the supreme Kalunga and human beings.: Estermann, C. (1976). The Ethnography of Southwestern Angola, vol. 1: The Non-Bantu Peoples; The Ambo Ethnic Group. New York: Africana. (secondary)