Abuk (mythology)
Abuk is the first woman in the myths of the Dinka people of South Sudan and the Nuer of South Sudan and Ethiopia, who call her Buk [1] or Acol. [2] She is the only well-known female deity of the Dinka.[3] She is also the patron goddess of women as well as gardens. Her emblem or symbols are, a small snake, the moon and sheep. [2] She is the mother of the god of rain and fertility (Denka). The story from her birth to marriage and child-birth is:[2]
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References
- ↑ Beswick, Stephanie (2004). Sudan's Blood Memory: The Legacy of War, Ethnicity, and Slavery in South Sudan. Boydell & Brewer. p. 128. ISBN 1-58046-151-4.
- 1 2 3 Patricia Monaghan, PhD. Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines. New World Library, 1 Apr 2014 (revised)
ISBN 1608682188 (448 pages). Retrieved 2015-05-17. templatestyles stripmarker in
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at position 41 (help) - ↑ Lienhardt, Godfrey (1987). Divinity and Experience: The Religion of the Dinka. Oxford University Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-19-823405-8.
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