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Unkulunkulu (/uɲɠulun'ɠulu/), often formatted as uNkulunkulu, [1] is a mythical ancestor, mythical predecessor group, [2] or Supreme Creator in the language of the Zulu, Ndebele and Swati people. Originally a "first ancestor" figure, Unkulunkulu morphed into a creator god figure with the spread of Christianity .
[3] Unkulunkulu is sometimes conflated with the sky god Umvelinqangi [4] (meaning "he who was in the very beginning"), the god of thunder, earthquake whose other name is Unsondo, and is the son of Unkulunkulu, the Father, and Nomkhubulwane, the Mother. [citation needed] The word nomkhubulwane means the one who shapeshifts into any form of an ...
In 1870, he said that the Unkulunkulu was a word coined from the Gardiner, not the Zulu origins. He stated that the term Unkulunkulu expresses antiquity, age, the old-old one, the great-great-grandfather. AmuZulu people believe that Unkulunkulu was the first ancestor, a being who is neither immortal or eternal. [6]
Unkulunkulu brought human beings and cattle from an area of reeds. He created everything, from land and water, to man and the animals. He is considered the first man as well as the parent of all Zulu. He taught the Zulu how to hunt, how to make fire, and how to grow food. [60] Zulu Christians also refer to the Abrahamic God as Unkulunkulu.
Their origin story is a bit similar to that of other Bantu groups; [2] the Zulu, for example, refer to this original individual as Unkulunkulu. [3] Takuluku was created by a God called Aondo. From the accounts of Laura Bohannan , the Tiv say Aondo is no longer interested in them and has left them and gone to settle in heaven, so they too are ...
Sometimes, a god is involved, wittingly or unwittingly, in bringing about creation. Examples include: Sub-Saharan African contexts: Mbombo of Bakuba mythology, who vomited out the world upon feeling a stomachache; Unkulunkulu in Zulu mythology; American contexts: Nanabozho (Great Rabbit), Ojibwe deity, a shape-shifter and a cocreator of the ...
Traditional Zulu religion includes belief in a creator God (uNkulunkulu) who is above interacting in day-to-day human life, although this belief appears to have originated from efforts by early Christian missionaries to frame the idea of the Christian God in Zulu terms. [14]
Zimbabweans believe in God the Supreme Being who is referred to by many names depending on the tribe and occasion. Ndebele call him, uNkulunkulu, uThixo, uMdali or uMvelinqangi. The Shona call him Mwari, Ishe, or Musikavanhu.