Duwat

Half-divine twin (or near-twin) of Nyikang; son of Okwa and Nyakaya. Defeated Nyikang in the succession dispute and ruled the southern homeland. The sharpened-stick farewell to Nyikang is the structural-departure-moment of the Shilluk migration narrative — Duwat's gesture frames Nyikang's journey as a death-bearing exile, but Nyikang transforms it into a tool of life. Continued to rule the deathless southern land per some traditions, while Nyikang founded the new Shilluk Kingdom in the north.

Parentage

• paternal: Okwa
• maternal: Nyakaya

Domains

• rival twin and southern kingship

Relations

• sibling: NyikangHofmayr (primary)
• sibling: GiloHalf-brother through shared father Okwa.pachodo.org; Encyclopedia.com Shilluk entry (primary)
• sibling: MiloReciprocal of shilluk_milo.sibling (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)

Sources

• existence: Wilhelm Hofmayr Die Schilluk (1925); D. S. Oyler 1918; Diedrich 1912 (primary)
• parentage: Hofmayr; Diedrich 1912 (primary)