Kwoth
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Kwoth is the supreme creator and spiritual force in the traditional religion of the Nuer people of South Sudan and Ethiopia.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African deity
ⓘ
deity ⓘ spiritual force ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
air
ⓘ
lightning ⓘ rain ⓘ spirits ⓘ thunder ⓘ wind ⓘ |
| centralConceptIn | Nuer theology ⓘ |
| cosmicDomain |
heaven
ⓘ
sky ⓘ |
| countryOfCult |
Ethiopia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cultRegion | Upper Nile region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicContext | Nilotic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConceptVariant |
Kwoth nhial (God of the sky)
GENERATED
ⓘ
kwoth (generic term for spirit) GENERATED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Nuer cosmology ⓘ |
| inNuerLanguage | Kwoth nhial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
God
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
spirit ⓘ |
| moralFunction |
judge of human behavior
ⓘ
source of moral order ⓘ |
| perceivedAs |
benevolent
ⓘ
immaterial ⓘ invisible ⓘ moral authority ⓘ omnipresent ⓘ |
| relationToHumans | creator of humans ⓘ |
| relationToWorld |
creator of the universe
ⓘ
sustainer of the world ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | traditional Nuer religion ⓘ |
| role |
giver of rain
ⓘ
protector of the Nuer ⓘ source of life ⓘ supreme creator ⓘ |
| veneratedBy | Nuer people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshipForm |
invocation
ⓘ
prayer ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.