Nga-Ninga
Sara · numen · Sara traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Nga-Ninga is the tutelary protective genius venerated by the Mbaye of the Ngoka country in southern Chad. Its power is felt above all as fertility, that of human beings, animals and plants alike, and as the productivity of the land for an abundant harvest and the health of the region's people. Bearing the usual marks of a guardian spirit, it is bound to life, family, protection and health, which it maintains and defends. Because the supreme god is remote and beyond direct approach, worshippers turn to Nga-Ninga and to comparable forces of nature, and it is through its cult that they attain the all-powerful god.
Domains
- protection
- fertility
- healing
Powers
- protects the family and community
- grants fertility of people and land
- mediates access to the supreme god
Relations
- ally: NubaServes as the intermediary through which worshippers reach the remote creator.J. Guirayo, "Nga-Ninga ou le genie protecteur," Akofena no. 009, Vol. 3 (2023), 55-64. (secondary)
Sources
- Nga-Ninga is a named tutelary protective genius of the Mbaye of the Ngoka country, embodying the fertility of humans, animals and plants and the productivity of the land, tied to life, family, protection and health, and serving as an intermediary to the otherwise unreachable supreme god.: J. Guirayo, "Nga-Ninga ou le genie protecteur," Akofena no. 009, Vol. 3 (2023), 55-64. (secondary)