Nomkhubulwane
Zulu · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Zulu goddess of rain, agriculture, the rainbow, and beer; the sky-princess iNkosazana.
Domains
- rain agriculture
- rainbow fertility
Powers
- Grants rain, fertility, and the harvest
- Invents and gives beer to humankind
Epithets
- iNkosazana yeZulu Princess of the Sky (the heavenly maiden)Henry Callaway, The Religious System of the Amazulu (1868–70) (primary)
Relations
- descendant of: UmvelinqangiiNkosazana yezulu, the Heavenly Princess, daughter of the Zulu Lord-of-the-Sky; recorded as descent to respect tier rules.Eileen Jensen Krige, The Social System of the Zulus (1936) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Wikipedia, Zulu traditional religion (secondary)