Supreme Being of the Sotho (Basotho/Lesotho) and Tswana (Batswana/Botswana) peoples. Name glossed as 'the One Above' / 'the Great One' and linked to badimo, 'the high ones / ancestors'. Conceived as transcendent and distant; not worshipped through cult images. Classified deity (high-god class).
Domains
creation
sky
fate and destiny
Powers
create and order the world
create and order the world from above
Epithets
Modimo
Sources
Setiloane, G. M. (1976). The Image of God among the Sotho-Tswana. Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema.
Encyclopedia.com, 'Tswana Religion' (drawn from Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed.).
Setiloane, G. M. (1976). The Image of God among the Sotho-Tswana. Balkema.