Denka
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Deng, also known as Denka, is a sky, rain and fertility god
in Dinka mythology
for Dinka
people of Sudan. Son of the goddess Abuk
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God
God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
in Dinka mythology
Dinka mythology
The Dinka, or Jieng/Muonyjang, are a Nilotic ethnic group in South Sudan.In Dinka mythology, the supreme, creator god is Nhialic . He is believed to be present in all of creation, and to control the destiny of every human, plant and animal on Earth...
for Dinka
Dinka
The Dinka is an ethnic group inhabiting the Bahr el Ghazal region of the Nile basin, Jonglei and parts of southern Kordufan and Upper Nile regions. They are mainly agro-pastoral people, relying on cattle herding at riverside camps in the dry season and growing millet and other varieties of grains ...
people of Sudan. Son of the goddess Abuk
Abuk
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...
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