Abuk
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Abuk is the first woman in the myths of the Dinka and Nuer people of Sudan
. The Nuer call her Buk. She is the only well-known female deity of the Dinka. She is also the patron goddess of women as well as gardens. Her emblem is a small snake
. She is the mother of the god of rain and fertility (Danka).
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
. The Nuer call her Buk. She is the only well-known female deity of the Dinka. She is also the patron goddess of women as well as gardens. Her emblem is a small snake
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
. She is the mother of the god of rain and fertility (Danka).