Modimo

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.