Nomkhubulwane (Princess of the Sky)

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).