Mystical Forces That Govern the World

A spirit/force-class collective rather than a personal god; typed deity per the schema's restricted type list, with the impersonal-force status explained here. Sex 'none'. Distinct from tsav (human mystical power) and from the ancestors.

Parentage

• Otiose Sky Creator

Domains

• cosmic regulation
• health and affliction
• fertility of land

Powers

• afflicts with sickness when disturbed and restores when set right
• must be activated by human mystical power to take effect

Sources

• Bohannan, Paul, and Laura Bohannan. The Tiv of Central Nigeria. London: International African Institute, 1953, pp. 84-86.
• Downes, Rupert M. Tiv Religion. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1971.
• Akiga. Akiga's Story: The Tiv Tribe as Seen by One of Its Members. Trans. Rupert East. London, 1939.