Maka
Songhai · numen · Songhay heroic age · Recorded classification
Domains
- rivers and water
Relations
- mother of: Faran Maka the Fisher-GiantRiver-spirit mother of the fisher-giant Faran Maka by the mortal fisherman Nisile Bote.Stoller, Fusion of the Worlds (1989) (secondary)
- lover: Nisile BoteUnited with the mortal fisherman Nisile Bote; their son is the fisher-giant Faran Maka.Stoller, Fusion of the Worlds (1989) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Stoller, Fusion of the Worlds: An Ethnography of Possession among the Songhay of Niger (1989) (secondary); Rouch, La religion et la magie songhay (1960/1989) (secondary)