Akec
Shilluk · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
Mortal woman of the land of Thuro. Mother of Dak by Nyikang during the Thuro residency-period of the migration. Per the canonical Hofmayr 1925 Shilluk-history tradition, Dak's mischievous behavior caused a dispute with Akec's maternal Thuro relatives, forcing Nyikang and his group to depart Thuro and resume the migration northward — making Akec the mother whose family-of-origin is the canonical-narrative occasion for the migration's next phase.
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- existence: Hofmayr, Die Schilluk: Geschichte, Religion und Leben eines Niloten-Stammes (1925) (primary); pachodo.org Collo-history compilation (citing Hofmayr 1910, 1925; Westermann; Howell) (primary); Shilluk oral tradition (primary)