Swazi · deity · Swazi traditional religion; continuing · deity
Nomkhubulwane, the 'Princess of the Sky' (Inkosazana), is a pan-Nguni rain-and-grain goddess associated with fertility and the first-fruits; among the Swazi her rites were performed by young women at planting time.
Domains
rain and fertility
agriculture and first fruits
Powers
to grant rain, grain and the fertility of the fields
Sources
Molefi Kete Asante & Ama Mazama (eds.), Encyclopedia of African Religion (Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 2009), s.v. 'Swazi'.
Hilda Kuper, An African Aristocracy: Rank Among the Swazi (London: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute, 1947).