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Ajok and the First Rainmaker
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A Dictionary of African Mythology
- Author:
- Harold Scheub
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Copyright information© A Dictionary of African Mythology 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information)
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Ajok and the First Rainmaker (Lotuko/Sudan)
Ajok, the supreme being, is the creator of everything. The Lotuko also believe in an invisible power called Naijok, conceived chiefly as bringing death and disease. The spiritual and temporal head of every community of the Lotuko ...